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da futura referência.
Como John Keane (2011) colocá-lo “;
Mediocracia vem ganhando terreno há
algum tempo, praticamente em todas
as democracias. Na Grã-Bretanha dos
Camarões, Estados Unidos de Obama,
assim como na Austrália de Gillard e
na Itália de Berlusconi, descobre habilidades de gerência dos órgãos de comunicação e altamente manipulado pela
forma agressiva de sensacionalistas e os
ciclos de rápida mudança de publicidade
em política se tornou rotina “. Mediocracia, Keane diz, é “as teias emaranhadas
de volta canais de contactos e relações
de poder ocultos que ligam altos cargos
políticos e jornalistas do topo...”

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Date: April 12, 2012
Person/ institution: Media
Violation/ issues: Legislation
The Freedom of Information Bill went
through its second reading in Parliament and the proposed law was postponed to be revised as in its current form
reportedly lacks merit and dismally fails
to achieve what ideally such legislation
ought to achieve. The National Director
of MISA-Botswana, Phenyo Butale indicated that they are not against the Bill
postponement, but strongly believe that
reasons given for the postponement are
not strong enough and hope it’s not a
move to kill the bill.

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Date: May 3, 2012
Person/ Institution: Media
Violation/ issue: Other
MISA Botswana in partnership with
Limkokwing University Media Faculty
and University of Botswana Media Studies Department led the general public
and media in 2012’s commemoration
of the world press freedom Day held
from the 3rd to the 5th of May 2012.
The 3-day started on the 3rd of May
with an evening panel discussion. The



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