Basically, giving money to media outlets the administration in power has ideological affinity with to the detriment of those with opposing views. When taking office, the Macri administration made the commitment to drastically reduce expenses in advertisement, as it considered it a dilapidation of State resources: “the dimension State [funded] advertisement has taken is madness and has to stop. The staunch opposition Indalo group came in second, getting a little over AR $67 million, or 8.39 percent of the total. La Nación, on its end, climbed from 19th to 4th place, having gotten almost AR $43 million since December. “Veintitrés” received over AR $800 million in State advertising.

Source: The Bubble August 24, 2016 20:35 UTC