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Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2013 (ISSN 1741-4431)
ARGENTINA: Drowning out corruption allegations
With all the skills of a telenovela script-writer, the investigative journalist Jorge Lanata has kept up to 22% of the Argentine viewing public hooked on the steady drip of revelations on his Sunday night programme Periodismo Para Todos. This Sunday, however, viewers face a tough choice. In response to Lanata’s presentation of corruption allegations, the government has decided to push back the kick-off time of a key football match so that it clashes with Periodismo Para Todos. Or, as the Kirchnerista deputy governor of Buenos Aires, Gabriel Mariotto, puts it: “Having invested so much in buying the broadcast rights for domestic football, it is natural to want to ensure good ratings.”
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