41. It was the first AIDS death reported in Saudi Arabia, where the media is tightly controlled by the government. 42. Kuchma denied opposition complaints of official discrimination in providing access to the media, saying most media were controlled by private, not state, institutions. 43. Local governments control some media. 44. Milosevic continues to control the media and has put the brakes on any market-oriented economic changes. 45. Milosevic, who proposed the referendum, organized the voting and controls state media, which waged a heavy campaign in favor of it. 46. Netanyahu, a master of controlling the media, has favored news conferences as a venue for responding to criticism. 47. Opposition parties were outlawed, the media was tightly controlled, Jews were persecuted. 48. Regional media are generally controlled by regional authorities. 49. Some South African laws restricting press freedom have been left over from the apartheid-era when the white-run government sought to control the media. 50. State media still is controlled by appointees of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leading opponent of economic change. |