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Philippines Orders Closure of ABS-CBN Country’s Largest Broadcaster
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variety.comBy Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Philippines government has ordered that ABS-CBN, the country’s largest media group, cease broadcasting on TV and radio.
The move is widely seen as politically-motivated. ABS-CBN has been targeted by the country’s President Rodrigo Duterte since 2016, when he accused it of not airing his political campaign advertisements.
The company’s networks have also shed light on Duterte’s brutal war on drugs, in which the police force has been accused of executing thousands of drug users and dealers.
Duterte has also suggested that ABS-CBN’s family owners should sell the company in order to end his beef with the broadcaster.
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