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Viewing cable 06BUENOSAIRES538, KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES

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06BUENOSAIRES538 2006-03-09 12:31 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3739
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000538 
 
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CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
STATE PASS NSC 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR
SUBJECT: KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES 
 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1. President Kirchner recently took his contentious 
relationship with the Argentine press to a new level, 
publicly and directly attacking Argentina's two most 
influential daily newspapers -- Clarin and La Nacion. 
Although La Nacion is accustomed to being targeted by 
Kirchner, Clarin has enjoyed a more privileged relationship 
with the Kirchner administration.  Clarin did not back down, 
firing back with a written rebuttal.  The President's go at 
Clarin sets a new precedent that reaches beyond Argentina's 
aggrieved journalists into one of the country's most 
powerful conglomerates.  End Summary. 
 
 
Tight Control Over the Media 
---------------------------- 
 
2. Argentine journalists often complain that President 
Nestor Kirchner's press events are, in fact, nothing more 
than an opportunity to make statements because he refuses to 
take questions.  Technically, he has never given a press 
conference since being elected.  First Lady Cristina 
Kirchner never gave one during her 2005 senatorial campaign. 
Kirchner's spokesman, Miguel Nunez, rarely speaks to the 
press.  Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez controls the 
government's media budget, which is distributed 
disproportionately in favor of Pagina 12, a pro-Kirchner 
leftwing daily with a tiny circulation of 12,000.  These 
aspects of Kirchner's tight reins over the distribution of 
official information and funding have been increasingly 
criticized of late, both from inside and outside Argentina. 
The Inter-American Press Association, an NGO that focuses on 
the protection of press freedom, the ADC (Asociacion por los 
Derechos Civiles, an NGO supported by the Open Society 
Institute) and ADEPA (Argentina's Asociacion de Entidades 
Periodisticas Argentinas) have all published critical 
assessments of press treatment in Argentina.  The New York 
Times and the Economist have also run articles on the 
difficulties faced by the Argentine media. 
 
 
Clarin's Tax Reform Article Spurs a Battle of Words 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
3. In this atmosphere, a front-page article by Clarin, 
citing government sources, reported that the GOA was 
studying tax reform, prompted strong criticism from Kirchner 
on February 21.  In an unexpected, extended harangue against 
Clarin's article, the visibly annoyed President accused the 
paper of calling him a liar and claimed "no paper or 
journalist, or most of them, ever issues an errata or 
correction..." 
 
4. Clarin's Chief Editor, Ricardo Kirschbaum, responded with 
a stinging editorial: "Journalism -- through its autonomy 
and freedom -- is a fundamental piece of the democratic 
system."  Kirschbaum pointed out that the article never 
called the president a liar.  He confirmed the article's 
information regarding tax reform and the credibility of 
official sources.  He noted that Clarin -- and he personally 
-- regularly issue corrections.  Journalists, he insisted, 
have the right to publish information as it is, confirmed by 
sources, "otherwise, journalism is limited to official 
information."  Clarin's chief editor interpreted Kirchner's 
speech as a reminder to members of his administration that 
information is to be centralized "with an iron fist." 
 
5. Daily Clarin is part of the powerful Clarin Group 
conglomerate that includes Channels 13 (second in rating) 
and TN (cable), Radio Mitre (second in rating), a part of 
the DYN wire service (in partnership with La Nacion), its 
own paper factory, and the provincial papers La Voz del 
Interior (Cordoba) and Los Andes (Mendoza).  The Clarin 
Group's owners, Ernestina Herrera de Noble and Hector 
Magnetto, are viewed as particularly powerful oligarchs in 
Argentine politics.  Media analysts point to Clarin's 
decision to criticize former President Carlos Menem as the 
beginning of his fall from public grace. 
 
6. The Clarin Group's relationship with Kirchner was 
reportedly set when the government saved the conglomerate 
from a creditors' takeover after it almost collapsed in the 
wake of the 2001 financial crisis.  The government signed 
the "law of cultural assets," which prohibited foreign 
creditors from taking over Clarin.  In May 2005, the 
government extended current television licenses, giving 15 
years to Clarin (more than others) and buying additional 
good will from the company for the government.  In this 
context, Clarin has had more access than its chief 
competitor La Nacion to Kirchner and his government, and has 
been less critical.  Nevertheless, Clarin's emergence from 
financial difficulties has placed it in a position where it 
will hesitate less to publicly rebuke the government over 
issues that it cares about.  Several weeks ago, the paper 
strongly criticized the now-adopted reform of the Council of 
Magistrates (REFTEL: Buenos Aires 452).  The recent riposte, 
however, crossed a new line in the Kirchner-Clarin 
relationship and required approval from the owners 
themselves before publication. 
 
 
Kirchner Whips La Nacion 
------------------------ 
 
7. Kirchner decided the following day to dress down by name 
La Nacion's Joaquin Morales Sola, Argentina's most 
prestigious columnist, for his criticism of the reform of 
the Council of Magistrates.  In Kirchner's dark horse run 
for the Casa Rosada in 2003, La Nacion took an officially 
neutral position, but was sympathetic to center-right 
candidate Ricardo Lopez Murphy and since then has taken a 
critical line against many of the government's policies. 
Kirchner has occasionally attacked La Nacion since coming to 
power, when he accused the paper of failing to report 
atrocities committed during the 1976-1983 military 
dictatorship.  Journalists for La Nacion work with little 
access to the presidency.  Kirchner later granted a 
telephone interview to Morales Sola and La Nacion simply 
reprinted the president's original critical comments. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
8. Kirchner's contentiousness with the press is part of his 
operating style of slamming opponents and then making up on 
his terms.  As long as his popularity ratings remain high, 
Kirchner and his advisors will likely continue to believe 
that he benefits - or at least loses nothing - by frequently 
attacking the media and frustrating journalists with his 
tight control over information.  What changed in this recent 
case was that Clarin - the major media conglomerate 
considered to be the barometer of Argentine public sentiment 
- decided to fight back for the first time. 
 
GUTIERREZ