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Brazilian blogger murdered after receiving death threats

Brazilian blogger Ítalo Eduardo Diniz Barros was shot dead last Friday 13 November after receiving threats about his work. Three days before his murder he told colleagues of one such threat. Diniz, who also worked as a press officer for a mayor in the state of Maranhão, often criticised local authorities in his blog. One of his friends who was also shot in the attack by two men on a motorcyle survived. His death came four days after radio reporter Israel Gonçalves Silva was killed in the eastern state of Pernambuco. His programme dealt with alleged corruption by politicians and police.

This death supports a Marxists view on media. This is because this article demonstrates that there is some sort of censorship. Furthermore, as he was allegedly murder for his comments regarding the corruption of politicians, it further accentuates the Marxist ideology that audience are only meant to receive information and the elite have total control because he was killed as his comments were against priority.  

CNN suspends journalist over tweet disapproving of bill to keep out Syrian refugees

CNN has suspended a journalist after she sent a disapproving tweet about the House of Representatives passing a bill seeking to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the US.Global affairs correspondent Elise Labott has been stood down for two weeks after tweeting out a CNN story written by Deirdre Walsh and Ted Barrett with the comment: “Statue of Liberty bows head in anguish.”



Likewise, this article questions whether freedom of speech is relevant in our society. By this journalist being suspended because she expressed disapproval about the House of Representatives, it further shows that there is some sort of censorship because later on that day she deleted the tweet. This therefore portrays that the Marxian ideology is very relevant in today's culture.