Watchdog in Ecuador fines media over unreported story
Accusations of censorship made by opposing organisations
Sunday, 23rd April 2017
Seven media companies in Ecuador have been fined for not publishing a story believed to be in the public interest.
A story alleging offshore dealings involving opposition politician – and recent presidential candidate – Guillermo Lasso.
The story appeared last month in Pagina 12, a left-wing newspaper in Argentina.
In a ruling, Ecuador's media watchdog said that a number of outlets – television channels Televicentro, Teleamazonas and Ecuavisa, and newspapers El Comercio, La Hora, Expreso and El Universo – had a duty to cover the story.
Appeals are underway as each side accuses the other of censorship.
Supercom, as the watchdog is know, fined each of the companies US$3750 in a move described by superintendent Carlos Ochoa as a punishment as well as motivation for improving journalism in the country.
The mechanism to fine media companies was introduced in 2013 by President Rafael Correa.
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