“The relation between the media and power is one of the gravest problems in Mexico,” said Javier Corral, the new governor of Chihuahua. “Of course, the use of public money limits freedom of expression, but without this public money there would be no media in Mexico at all,” said Marco Levario, the director of the magazine Etcétera. “We are all complicit in this.”The model means that some media outlets in Mexico can scarcely afford their own principles. One applicant, an editing candidate, boasted that he knew how to work his relationships with politicians to score more advertising money. It’s not because he doesn’t want the money, Mr. Moreno says.

Source: New York Times December 25, 2017 07:52 UTC