Index on Censorship » Víctor Gómez http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Víctor Gómez http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Chile: TV journalist suspended for satirising Pinochet tribute http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/chile-tv-journalist-suspended-satire/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/chile-tv-journalist-suspended-satire/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:08:52 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=37905 A Chilean TV journalist has been suspended after making satirical remarks about a tribute to the country’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet. After an interview with the tribute’s organiser Juan González, sports reporter Víctor Gómez said “we will wait for the smell of sulphur to dissipate” from the studio before launching into his programme on the channel Chilevisión. The reporter was not [...]

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]]> suspended after making satirical remarks about a tribute to the country’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet. After an interview with the tribute’s organiser Juan González, sports reporter Víctor Gómez said “we will wait for the smell of sulphur to dissipate” from the studio before launching into his programme on the channel Chilevisión. The reporter was not fired for his remarks, but has been warned against violating the channel’s editorial guidelines.

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