Mexico has decided to block Fox News from being broadcast over the airwaves due to “Transmitting prohibited political information”. Interesting how they won’t spell out what information they supposedly transmitted tho. The link is to a Spanish article. Translation done by a freeper below:
Fox News Signal via Satellite is Blocked in Mexico
The Fox News channel that transmits news in English, was blocked this Sunday for subscribers of the Sky chain in Mexico, apparently for having violate the Mexican electoral law.
On channel 625 of the system of channels of Sky television, in place of the Fox News channel’s programming, appeared a message that says: “In accord with the Mexican electoral law we are obliged to interrupt temporarily the transmission of this channel.”
Nevertheless, the transmission continues in a normal manner on Cablevision, the most important cable television operator in the Mexican capital.
A client service executive of Sky Mexico, Jazmin Loa, indicated that the channel had been blocked “for transmitting prohibited political information,” although did not detail who gave the order or what was exactly the violation that the US network Fox News presumably would have committed.
However, the authorities of the Federal Election Institute or of the Secretary of Government were not available to the media.
Neither was there anyone who would respond to a call from the Associated Press to the offices of the General Direction of Radio, Television and Cinematography (RTC), an agency of the Secretary of Government.
Mexico will carry out presidential elections the 2nd of July. The election law prohibits the transmission of new information on election surveys from Saturday June 24th until 8:00 on the night of July 2, when the first results from the polling places will be known. For their part, the candidates can continue their campaigns until Wednesday, when they will cease all acts of proselytizing and propaganda [campaigning and advertising]
I wonder if they have ever blocked CNN….
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