The next day 23 (to be sure, all millionaires and from twenty-four hours before) is presented in public "The oil refinery in Extremadura", the book coral
coordinated by Jose Calderon and edited by Muñoz González-Moya, with the blunt subtitle
projects that remain at that thanks in large part to the historic task of these people under these acronyms (PCRN) who made his verses like the following:
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The humble scribbler that this blog supports for already five years old working with an article entitled
that pull attachment, wishing the best and most widely to this collective work, failing which this contribution bitter that possibility, so and so happens to our own works. Ahem ...
Thus, when the then President of the Board introduced in late 2004 murkier draft of one of the companies Pollutants in Europe, with institutional support and business to install a refinery in Extremadura ( 3) , did appealing to their taste for that style she has adopted, as a decision, irreversible, proper the Founding Fathers elevated to a dogma of faith his irresponsible and anachronistic policy in this field. In its historical moment, backed by the force of some polls that routinely give absolute majority its political patronage and misleading, frightening in its power base on the division of spoils to acolytes and warm. And whose strength lies less in social disgust that still exists against those who abused the people of Extremadura, making them lose their integrity generations, as in the tacit support (now almost explicit) that rival in the opposition, which accounts for other areas power (in the urban environment and financial environment, in particular) while assuming the government apparatus and carries out their own conservative, fixed and almost grown, and letting them plow the ground with no more effort than false resistance. More Catholic than the Pope, it seems. No one could argue, in these circumstances, the success of the petrochemical project.
But they were wrong the president and his main ally, the employer Gallardo, promoter of the muskrat. Because the right to life is above all the right not shorten your life. Because a lot of reasons to fear and doubt binding against censorship and silencing, and in favor of social debate, there were grouped in a Civic Platform persons specially responsible. Calls like everyone else, to exercise their rights and duties, which is what characterizes the citizen of a democratic society and what distinguishes it from other models of social organization ( 4) , in force by law or protected by force of habit.
From that first day, neither public nor private means of communication in our community have offered genuine information about the project, beyond almost always some dictation positive slogans - "job creation", "refinery does not pollute, ".-. etc. The worse case ahead of the interests of developers and institutions, the media aggression against dissidents in turn grew, reaching surreal heights thick. The attitude of the private media-most watched in its scarcity, deserves a dense study of which we can not address in these lines. Suffice it finds that its own context, turned into franchises state media companies, dominated in turn by corporations in other sectors, including energy-controlling its shareholders, and dependent Extremadura stations and newspapers in a relaxed atmosphere with public grounds of advertising revenues, and even social representation (fraternization between journalists and politicians in Extremadura not disguise before otherwise) - makes them useless as information providers. No opinion, although this in one direction, support the approach of apparatus that, by dint of being honest, has a heart for the refiner to main political organizations, unions and business of the Community. And quietly, with few exceptions, the disturbing intelligentsia has chosen from the installation of autonomy as wise as a nutritional cribs, anchored in the inbreeding of cultural and academic life in the periphery.
public channel radio and television, in-building process even when delivering the draft Gallardo, harbors no doubt about the positioning of its leaders, political service regime, making common cause on the issue to become the "subject refinery in " bug " obsessive taboo horrifying. Was ordered to remove programs, avoid debates, delay information, details ... to hide the childish point of eliminating, through technical devices, including logo against the refinery of the shirts of people involved in seemingly innocuous programs, such as happened to a young Hervás during the broadcast of a program (from "Friday Island") on handmade musical instruments. Or avoid the issue manu militari a minimal interview (included in the chapter "The defense of the wine," the series "The lynx in Boots") in which a farmer in Tierra de Barros expressed its prevention on such a plan could be counterproductive for the sale of their products, as came to the ears of its customers in Germany ...
obsessed give a neat line with the profile of what the rulers claim to be Extremadura Extremadura (which it rarely coincide with reality), the channel decided to go public since the beginning of a continuous line with the obsessive propaganda to confuse the Executive Extremadura communication: the banality conceals the miseries and packaging dispenses also content, as care. It has not even attempted to shake the topical aesthetic and born, as a role model, old or older. The imagination that could require a new TV-and austere, which according to the proverb states should encourage it-general shines by its absence four years later ( 5) .
to this came to join the direct veto both documentary programs (in particular, the work of Free Productions, a pioneering producer in the community) and social sectors related to the reality of Extremadura, the benefit issues "collateral" as far as possible the argument of proximity required of a regional television and public. Nothing new under the sun of the public, whether we weigh.
All holds a scenario well known among the frequenters of public television, we have reached in Extremadura on the fast track: political control of content, look eminently scurfy on society, ownership of the criteria of what interested her, buy and political domination of wills between the companies related areas; arrogance in commercial relationships and retaliation against third parties not meeting their criteria. Cohesion in the ranks of the working environment through targeted selection, orientation, creating slogans and welfare of parallel universes in which there is not the reply to the authority of superiors, stirring to this fear of insecurity in the that survives the rest of the profession in the private sector ... Workers are incriminated in subtle methods, to do their work without realizing that they kneel before a God who may not have chosen: convincing part of progress toward modernity Extremadura more sterile (ie, development harmful but sweetened) through the idea politically correct (that is, obedience to the system).
who read this may suggest that it is a signed opinion. That is, no doubt. But based on almost twenty years producing TV content to and from Extremadura ( 6) , that have served to assess with a certain authority that what politicians, managers and professionals in charge of the public media are doing violates its own legal principles, in which it expresses, literally will premium objectivity, accuracy and impartiality of information, and respect for pluralism and non-discrimination, the promotion and understanding of the reality of Extremadura, and the separation between information and ideas, identifying those who hold the latter and the free expression thereof. ( 7) Science fiction, of course, applied to the reality of the environment.
The case of the series directed for whom this signature and Free Productions produced "The lynx in Boots" is paradigmatic, as it is treatment given to the documentary "The air is ours" (2007), on the refinery project, and the same authors, who, despite having a production aid Extremadura Board's own, and have been endorsed with a successful call and nothing outside the state distribution for its content, has been vetoed by the public media, together, for Moreover, with the rest of the work of its producer. This, though is the same that opened the peak of that environment, when they could still expect their leaders to Free Productions would agree, as expected of profession , its criteria and enforcement.
Expressed with no little sarcasm was accused in Parliament to the production and the series itself content "inappropriate for broadcast slot " , and enigmatic " anomalies " , to finish the removal argued based on "ethical reasons" (sic) - the decision not to broadcast episodes of the series "The lynx boots" after a year of emissions, had to do with the fact that some of the episodes (144 the first season, 2001-2002, issued by South Canal Extremadura until closing 147 the second, 2006, and co-produced with Canal Extremadura) of directly or indirectly submit to public trial not only the health consequences of chemicals in the environment ("prevent or cure"), but also development policy fierce, more typical of the nineteenth century, which is the executive board of Extremadura, with a condition to the natural environment and health of citizens hardly comparable in recent history, only the most untamed Franco. The crystalline strategy to shield public television Extremadura farewell Free Productions and TV voice traffic, just social echoed much less fuss-corporatism decided by the media, never unfounded fear the repressive machinery of system or the expedited notice to mariners, including the audiovisual sector, meant the measure of "cleansing" the dissidents . The aim was to disable our criticism for censorship of episodes like the above "Prevention or cure," "The Odyssey of Jesus Garzón", "The defense of wine", "Sierra and Liberty", "Return of Silver Train, "" The Alqueva dam, "cortijo Pliers: Aguablanca Mine", "A highway through the mountains", "A refinery in the garden ... and tripping to the issuance of other chapters apparently harmless . Tactics and strategy, pumping field, choking the opponent. Verbal and written pressures from the public media to the production company made in due course, difficult to reconcile not only with an occupation, but with the commitment to the health of every member of the company attacked. This, after episodes of overt censorship, such as preventing the issuance of a chapter on environmental pollution (the aforementioned "prevent or cure") referring, in writing, that its content did not meet the proximity condition, the recorded images contain Andalusia. That, a channel issued daily movies and series from Japanese, American or Mexican. Who had previously delivered episodes of that series! acclimated and recorded in Algeria, Portugal, Salamanca and Madrid, not to go further. That, argued the only producer that required the means were to adhere to the local content! contained in its legal ideology. Paradoxes of existence.
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's been four long years since the series "The lynx in Boots" was removed unilaterally by the public entity Extremadura, and with it fell the rest full our productions and work, before and after, none of which have been issued since 2006. Subjected to such a policy of "damnatio memoriae", the production has continued, despite the enormous damage infringed by this decision, political and personal rather than rational and commercial. Reflected in the contract that produced episodes were subject, as to their content, only the decision of the producer, leaving half the free will of its issue or not: that being so, the requirement could never be assumed to vary, delete or skew its contents, as sought from the public media. Also recorded that could be emitted freely from the date of its production and three years later, but none saw the light since the decision to dispense with the series, preferring to spend public money on anything else rather than spreading the seventy hours of free programs available to "The lynx boots." A decision disrespectful and not with their authors, but with hundreds of employees altruistic in the series. Simply explain to the ruthless behavior was a terse "no interest" by the director of environmental programming ( 8) . Previously, the president of the Board, Mr. Vara, officials had expressed Free Productions doubts as to support our public criticism of television, in person and policy of the administration, with the expectation of working for the environment (public). A year after that private comments, the president washed his hands in the affair, rejecting even the ratio correspondence. By then he had stated in public that his administration are not meddling in the content of the medium, while his presidency hired by the sophistry of sponsorship, to producing entire series for a similar issue by Canal Extremadura, or half the recruitment Costly CEXMA the football broadcast of the Champions League, which held the FORTA rights, a group that does not belong to the Canal Extremadura. For his part, Vice President of the Board, in tense meeting, declined to hear our arguments, calling no more than our work and our people of "expendable", applying to it later. Many were the production team of the series (consisting of eleven people) were just two staff. The rest had to pursue other professional responsibilities, or emigrate. As a point, meaning that the refusal to accept the dictates of the public media was sanctioned both by management and by workers Free Productions, seamless.
At the time, we collect our right, along with many professionals ("precarious all?) The world of social communication, to express ourselves in freedom, reason and peace, used to convince the only weapons that we believe: the words. Do not injure or kill, not ill ( 9) . But finally, after 2010, "The lynx in Boots" ( 10) no longer free to the public channel. If not issued in these circumstances, it is clear that, unless everything changes, nothing will change, it is difficult to hear your footsteps in this medium. Public. But very private. In essence, deprived of soul. Will do and say whatever they want, but the soul, artificial memory (11), we do ourselves. And so are determined to make her forget.
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1 Definition of "caciques" in Wikipedia
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documentary script "The air is our"
4 The call for the participation of Cultural Collective "Other", 2008
5 Article "The emperor is naked", the author, the blog "http://laverdaddelpajarito.blogspot.com/"
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7 LAW 4 / 2000 of 16 November, establishing public company Extremeña Broadcasting Corporation.
8 from the article "artificial memory" the author, the blog "http://laverdaddelpajarito.blogspot.com/"
9 In the call for the participation of Cultural Collective "Other", 2008
10 From their removal to date, the series "The lynx in Boots" and / or Free Productions won the Award ADENEX, Freedom Prize awarded by ADHEX, Rivers Alive Award and the Award AEMS tegula of PCRN also opt Communication Award Carlos III. In addition, several episodes of the series involved in the River Festival (Barcelona), Goias (Brazil), Oiasso (Irun), Agon (ARCHAEOLOGICAL FILM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, Athens) Festival du Film d'Archéologie d'Amiens (Amiens, France) or were planned in groups up to fifty times in populations of Extremadura, in the cycle "The animal invisible", and others such as the IX Conference on the Maquis in Santa Cruz de Moya (Cuenca) in public tributes to people like Agustín Sánchez and Ángel Campos Rodrigo Shoot, at the Seminar Borders Local Labour / Labour in the Global Frontier, or upon the filing of the Visigothic slate in that locality Barrado Jerte.
11 "artificial memory is built through places and images. Call sites to sites arranged by nature or by the hand of man, of limited size, comprehensive and attractive, such that we can easily grasp and embrace them through natural memory: a house, a corner of the room, bow, and the like. Images are certain forms, brands and representations of what we remember, for example, if we remember a horse, a lion, an eagle, we should be reminded their images in some locations. "(Rhetoric to Herenio, III, XVI)
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