Is the Spanish media coverage serving the people or its political masters? Plus, the persecution of Vietnam's bloggers.
Catalan Referendum: Media, politics and independence
For the second week in a row, we're taking a look at the media coverage in the aftermath of the independence referendum in Catalonia, where hundreds of would-be voters were injured by police trying to stop an electoral process that the Spanish government deemed unconstitutional.
But with the national and regional broadcasters, Spain's TVE and its Catalan version TV3, serving their political masters in Madrid and Barcelona, a private TV channel, La Sexta, has found itself filling the information gap and drawing criticism from all sides in the process.
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