Just over a week ago, Carmen Aristegui interviewed former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid on her CNN show. Madrid made some absolutely earth-shattering remarks that the man he anointed as President, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, was "immoral," "corrupt" and had robbed a secret government account. He also firmly cemented the idea that Salinas' brother, Raul, was linked to narco traffic. The story was covered by the Mexico City newspaper El Universal and also on Cadena Tres. But it was nowhere on Telerisa, I mean Televisa. Not even de la Madrid's supposed "retraction" some days later.
You would think this would be huge news, and even former PRD Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador came out questioning why Azcarraga's Telerisa (the top media owner in Mexico) would ignore it. US networks often cite each other if there is a huge story of its type. At the very least say "in a televised interview." But nothing! (Believe me, I was on this story in a heartbeat. It was my program's main topic of discussion for several days.)
But after thinking about it, I'm sure I have the missing link. Aristegui, who also does one hell of a job at MVS Noticias 102.5 in Mexico City was a major critic of what is called la Ley Televisa, which essentially established a national duopoly on digital spectrum rights a few years ago. That put her on the hot seat with her former position at W Radio, which is a fusion between Telerisa and Spain's Grupo Prisa. Despite Prisa's insistence on keeping her, they finally canned Aristegui over "editoral comments" inconsistent to company policy in early 2008. I am sure that this is behind the reason Telerisa's decision not to air anything on the matter. I watched for over a week from Carlos Loret de Mola to Adela Micha at night and saw no mention of the matter.
Senator Santiago Creel (PAN), who opposed La Ley Televisa, has been essentially blackballed from any mention on Televisa ever since he mounted his opposition to the plan, so it makes sense. Just connect the dots.
Carmen is potentially Mexico's best journalist and MVS Radio should be commended on their commitment to hard hitting journalism.
You would think this would be huge news, and even former PRD Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador came out questioning why Azcarraga's Telerisa (the top media owner in Mexico) would ignore it. US networks often cite each other if there is a huge story of its type. At the very least say "in a televised interview." But nothing! (Believe me, I was on this story in a heartbeat. It was my program's main topic of discussion for several days.)
But after thinking about it, I'm sure I have the missing link. Aristegui, who also does one hell of a job at MVS Noticias 102.5 in Mexico City was a major critic of what is called la Ley Televisa, which essentially established a national duopoly on digital spectrum rights a few years ago. That put her on the hot seat with her former position at W Radio, which is a fusion between Telerisa and Spain's Grupo Prisa. Despite Prisa's insistence on keeping her, they finally canned Aristegui over "editoral comments" inconsistent to company policy in early 2008. I am sure that this is behind the reason Telerisa's decision not to air anything on the matter. I watched for over a week from Carlos Loret de Mola to Adela Micha at night and saw no mention of the matter.
Senator Santiago Creel (PAN), who opposed La Ley Televisa, has been essentially blackballed from any mention on Televisa ever since he mounted his opposition to the plan, so it makes sense. Just connect the dots.
Carmen is potentially Mexico's best journalist and MVS Radio should be commended on their commitment to hard hitting journalism.