Moreno stated that it is also time for a self-criticism for the media, since some have chosen to bet on being the substitute of the opposition parties, breaching their essence that question the power, through reviewing data, revealing and denouncing.
Jorge Zepeda Pattersondirector of digital media Neverthelessaffirmed that the relationship with the press was modified with the arrival of the new administration headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador both for better and for worse.
Among the first, he explained, there is a reduction in government advertising spending, however, he said, that although there are fewer resources, they are mainly channeled to media related to the current administration, such as the day.
Another aspect that has changed, he stated, is that in the morning there is no censorship so that any journalist can go to question the President of the Republic, which differs from the policy followed during the government of Enrique Peña Nieto, who after his controversial response at the International Book Fair about his three favorite books, he chose not to expose himself to the questioning of reporters.
What has been done wrong, he stressed, is that President López Obrador brings journalists into the ring every day.
“Put journalists into this force against change. Once the journalist assumes this position, the medium is treated as a political adversary, ”he said.
In this sense, he said that when the president polarizes and exhibits journalists, as he has done with Carlos Loret de Mola, or media such as Reform Y The universalplaces them at constant risk of retaliation.
Leopoldo Maldonado, from the organization Article 19, explained that the impunity pacts are contributing to the increase in the murders of journalists in Mexico. In the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 36 communicators have been assassinated.
He criticized the fact that the president maintains in his press conference a section such as “Who’s who and the lies?” classify a piece of news or information as fake news.
The experts affirmed that the hostility towards journalists and the media comes not only from the federal government, but also from local governments such as Puebla, Veracruz and, a few months ago, Chihuahua.
