Soft censorship, hard impact: How governments manipulate media (The Backstory S1E6)

The Backstory: A media freedom podcast

It is increasingly rare to find instances of direct censorship of media in the world today. But indirect censorship, called soft censorship, is thriving. It manifests itself through government pressure on media groups through advertising decisions and restrictive legislation. Less violent than kidnapping and murdering journalists, it is as existential a threat to journalism. In this episode: - Adrián López Ortiz, CEO of Noroeste (https://www.noroeste.com.mx/), media group in northwestern Mexico - Don Podesta, author of ‘Soft-Censorship: How governments around the globe use money to manipulate the media’ (https://www.cima.ned.org/resource/soft-censorship-how-governments-around-the-globe-use-money-to-manipulate-the-media/) - Attila Mong, Hungarian journalist and media consultant (http://attilamong.weebly.com/) The Backstory production team is Andrew Heslop, Colette Davidson and Sarah Elzas, who edited and mixed the episode. Music in this episode by Swelling (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Swelling/Projector_Music_For_Visual_Media/Swelling_-_Projector-_Music_for_Visual_Media_-_04_Night_II)