| ASNE on the move - Protest of Puerto Rican governor’s actions
Published: March 01, 1997
Last Updated: May 26, 1999
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ASNE on the move
Protest of Puerto Rican governor’s actions
ASNE protests Puerto Rican governor’s action. ASNE President Sandy Rowe
asked Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Rossello to rescind his action that ordered
state agencies to cancel their advertising in the San Juan daily El Nuevo
Dia because the governor didn’t like news stories published by the daily.
According to El Nuevo Dia editors, Gov. Rossello ordered state agencies
to withhold their advertising because he was displeased by investigative
stories the newspaper published, particularly those that focused on the
Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Rowe called the governor’s action "misguided"
and said, "An attempt to intimidate the press through an economic boycott
or any other means is obviously inconsistent with the American ideas of
a free and independent press."
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