The Tail Wags the Dog: Mexico’s “Televisa Law” Another Nail in the Coffin of Fox’s Legacy

Posted on: May 1st, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Media ] [ Non-US News ]
Tags: aztec, Mexico, radio, televisa, TV Azteca, Univision

“On April 11, Mexican democracy experienced yet another setback when President Vicente Fox officially signed off on controversial reforms to the country’s Federal Radio and Television law.

The changes, which have been derisively referred to as the “Televisa Law” because their chief beneficiaries will be the country’s already all-powerful media corporations like Televisa (which is a major shareholder in Univision), sped through the legislative process at an alarming rate before being approved by the Senate on March 30.

The ratification came despite numerous objections from civic and human rights groups, and occurred with such rapidity that many questioned the lawmakers’ motivations and influences. In a country where the mass media currently wields tremendous political power, the possibility that an even greater degree of influence will be concentrated in Televisa, and the slightly smaller TV Azteca, can only be considered alarming, and potentially could seriously hamper its process of democratic consolidation.”

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