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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES1090, MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES1090 2007-06-05 09:13 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0012
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #1090/01 1560913
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 050913Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8322
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001090 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, 
WHA/EPSC 
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to the 
implications of the revocation of RCTV's license in Venezuela; and 
the upcoming G8 Summit with the major topics of disagreement between 
the US and Russia. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS 
 
- "Venezuela - Chavez's black and white TV" 
 
Leading "Clarin" carries an op-ed piece by its international analyst 
Oscar Raul Cardoso, who penned (06/02) "When one watches Telesur, it 
is impossible not to think 'I wish Hugo Chavez had not eliminated 
RCTV to replace it with Telesur-styled TV.' 
 
"... Obviously enough, RCTV used to be in complicity with conspirers 
against democracy trying to place businessman Pedro Carmona Estanga 
as a president... 
 
"However, we can also say the same about Venevision private TV 
network, and, in spite of it, it obtained the renewal of its 
license. Of course, what must have helped it is that ever since 
2004, Venevision... cleaned its programming of all anti-Chavist 
vestiges. 
 
"It is interesting to note that the same 'coup d'etat organizer' 
term (which Chavez applies to RCTV) could be applied to Chavez 
himself when rebelling against the constitutional government in 
1992. 
 
"... The concept of democracy is related to the idea of change and 
transformation that is intended to build a better life. However, 
making something Manichean of that change, in which everything that 
is not in line with the government is always bad, is not the way the 
present will work better." 
 
- "A little bit of competition" 
 
Left-of-center "Pagina 12" (06/03) writes "Hugo Chavez's decision 
not to renew RCTV's concession shocked Venezuela and the world of 
the media... 
 
"It seems obvious that a government voted by two-thirds of the 
people to promote a socialist regime aspires to have a TV channel to 
broadcast cultural programs instead of garbage TV. It also seems 
apparent that a government has the right not to renew a license 
because the opposite would be to suppose that licenses are eternal. 
RCTV was neither censored nor expropriated or fined or punished, but 
it had to transfer its programming to a cable TV signal and an 
Internet Site... 
 
"It seems obvious but it is not usual. The governments seldom 
confront economic groups controlling major mass media because the 
corporate response is frequently blunt. When they feel threatened, 
mass media wield their lobbying power to defend what they call 
'freedom of expression' through their paid communicators who many 
times define themselves as 'independent journalists.' 
 
"One could argue that what Chavez did was not 'neat.' He had 
abundant reasons not to renew and even to deprive RCTV of its 
license because the channel had promoted the failed 202 coup d'etat. 
However, the government never submitted a formal complaint to 
investigate this behavior nor did it explain why RCTV was the only 
channel paying for that support when most 'independent' media had 
supported the coup. Nevertheless, here and everywhere governments 
negotiating renewals in private meetings are neither -'neat' in this 
regard. 
 
"... Until not a long time ago, a private oligopoly used to control 
the media agenda in Venezuela. Now, this oligopoly faces the 
competition of the Chavez administration's communication 
apparatus... A bit of competition is always good for the sake of 
information diversity." 
 
- "A hostile encounter between Moscow and the US" 
 
Luisa Corradini, international columnist of daily-of-record "La 
Nacion," writes (06/03) "This week, G8 leaders will desperately seek 
to avoid a new Cold War between Moscow and the West, which seems 
inevitable after the US decision to set up an antimissile shield on 
the Russian borders and Vladimir Putin's threats to 'turn Europe 
into an explosive trouble spot.' 
 
"Other important points of disagreement, such as the way to contain 
climate change and Kosovo's future status, confirm the profound 
prevailing tension in the G8... 
"The disagreement between Russia and the US has deepened during 
recent months due to Washington's decision to set up 10 interception 
missiles in Poland and ultra-modern radar in the Czech Republic in 
the framework of its antimissile shield project... 
 
"According to Moscow, this project is an act of provocation. 16 
years after the end of the Cold War, the Kremlin has also denounced 
NATO's intention to expand its borders and let the US set up new 
bases in its former sanctuary, from Rumania up to Kirguiztan, as a 
premeditated form of aggression. 
 
"... Nonetheless, those are not the only points of friction between 
Washington and Moscow. The White House blames the Kremlin for the 
retreat suffered by democracy in Russia and the use of energy as a 
way of pressuring international politics. Additionally, both capital 
cities admit to having 'diametrically opposed' positions vis-`-vis 
the future of Kosovo. In opposition to the European countries and 
the US, Russia is against the UN mediator's plan for Kosovo, who is 
planning some form of 'monitored independence' for the Serbian 
province..." 
 
"... In this framework, the only topic that seems to have consensus 
is Iran. The G8 could decide on new sanctions against Tehran if it 
continues to refuse to halt its uranium enrichment-related 
activities in spite of the calls by the international community." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our classified website 
at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
MATERA