Venezuela May Fine Globovision 10% of Earnings on Riot Coverage
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Venezuela may fine Caracas-based news channel Globovision as much as 10 percent of its earnings after opening an investigation into its coverage of prison riots earlier this month, according to lawyers for the channel.
Globovision transmitted “messages of panic” by suggesting the National Guard was massacring prisoners in the Rodeo prisons west of Caracas, said Pedro Maldonado, director of Venezuela’s telecommunications agency, Conatel, to reporters on state TV. Ricardo Antela, the news channel’s lawyer, said on Globovision that the channel may be fined by as much as 10 percent of its earnings.