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Telecoms agency fines Globovisión for coverage of prison riot in Venezuela
The amount represents 7.5% of the private TV news network s revenue. The fine must be paid immediately by Globovisión, said Pedro Maldonado, the director of Venezuela s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel).
By Ocarina Espinoza
Published in: ElUniversal.com - October 18, 2011
Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) imposed a USD 2.1 million fine to TV news network Globovisión, an amount that represents 7.5% of the TV channel. The private channel was fined in connection with the coverage of riots occurred some months ago in Venezuela's prison El Rodeo.
Pedro Maldonado, the director of Conatel, said that the penalty is mandatory and must be paid immediately.
"The fine was imposed by the editorial behavior and the way Globovisión dealt with the events carried out in El Rodeo (prison)," said the Venezuelan official.
Maldonado added that the private TV news channel reported that the National Guard was "massacring" inmates and "this is a way of promoting hatred." He said that the network "created unrest" when it aired the statements made by the mothers of some prisoners.
He ruled out any additional penalty against the TV network.
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