Rush to Judgment

Jabba the Hate:

“The coup was what many of you wish would happen here, without the military.”

AP: Honduras’ coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo. Officials also shut down Channel 36 television station, leaving it broadcasting only a test pattern.

Rene Zepeda, a spokesman for the interim government, said the two outlets had been taken off the air in accordance with a government emergency decree announced late Sunday that limits civil liberties and allows authorities to close news media that “attack peace and public order.”

Hmmmm, now what broadcasters right here might be fairly described as fomenting anti-government anger to “attack peace and public order”? Anybody?

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