Censura del poder político al periodismo investigativo ecuatoriano. Casos programa visión 360 de Ecuavisa

Abstract

In this paper we analyzed the cases of trying to prevent the dissemination of the reports of the Vision 360 program of the Ecuavisa channel, Lights, cameras and "waste"; Fear in the border and the awakening of the volcano, which are audiovisual products developed by said program. In the period of the so-called "decade gained", the first nine years of functions as president of the republic, the economist Correa through the resolution of the Constituent Assembly approved on June 25, 2013, the Organic Law of Communication, articles willing that were evident and questionable at the same time. The problem that is being investigated is based on the abuse of political power in this case by former President Rafael Correa about the media. It will try to determine if the aforementioned reports did not comply with what is established in the Organic Law of Communication or if the arguments presented by the Government of that time were established in the constitutional or was an arbitrary fact made by the same, all these acts Negatives developed were due to the fact that these reports contain information on the management and administration To reach an exact conclusion, this research was based on a qualitative methodology because it is intended to collect all the information based on the observation of the videos, in order to build knowledge among the people involved in the object of study and those who have knowledge of the subject to be treated, likewise, the character that was applied was descriptive-interpretative that is based on the description of the cases and the interpretation of the reports to then carry out the research instrument that is composed of a series of questions related to the object of study and immediately conduct the respective interviews. Those who participated in this project were the journalists of the same program, the Secretary of Communication, teachers and lawyers who have knowledge about the LOC, and the director of an NGO that works on the issue of Freedom of Expression and Information, thanks to their contributions All the information was obtained. According to the results obtained, it was concluded that the former President abused his power to prevent said reports from being disseminated and in his ten years of office, the right to freedom of expression, press and information was violated and with the creation of of the LOC increased the power to intimidate the media, in its acts it was gotten to prohibit the civil servants of the state to accept interviews by requests of the journalists, that during that Decade Correista the program has been object of critics and several clashes by the previous president. Since then, and from all the confrontations that have existed with the former government this has generated a great rejection by the national media and even international programs have expressed solidarity with national media that are affected by these conflicts.