Freedom speech?

It was around 1996. Mexico was having hard times with the government, the society felt so alone and disappinted with the last President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. He left the nation with a BIG external debt, and the devaluation upon the country too.

Media just was manipulating information. The politican party named PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) was in the power over 30 years. So, Mexico was inmeresed in a social pain. Everybody was afraid to speak, and what I said before even the media doesn't gave the right information. Then a garage band (underground band?) appears in scene, daring to government, daring to media with their lyrics. Mexican prudishness was shaken by them. That band is called MOLOTOV. They han been censured, blocked, boycott by citizens asociations in Spain. Their music wasn't sutil and that was the point. They were very irreverent,sarcastics, saying bad words, and they still are so far. Their music was about to show to the world that everything we supposed to know or belive is wrong. They said what everybody said but nobody dared to say it. They had the advantage that they were the first to say "I think/believe this about the government, media, woman, friends" and they just said it.


At beginning, media wasn't wanting sell their album by their lyrics, but then they become in the "apple" most wished by label records, and the anwers was not only for the quality music but social-politican factors too.


Now we have to answer something, who is controlling whom?
As we said in class, Freedom Speech vs Capitalism.

This band is good example about how freedom speech was used by them to say what people tried for long time. Plus, they said how media was in control by the government.

There are 7 canons in Journalism, two of its says Responsability, and Freedom of press. We don't must have preferences pressing politican parties, we have to keep a balance, and we must have responsaliblity of saying the real, and objetive news, no matter what. But obviusly it has to be regulated too.

That's the reason that host from Univision [Hispanic TV network in USA] Jorge Ramos left Mexico in 1980's.


Here are some lines of Molotov lyrics (translated into english, I don't know if it has sense in english, but i will try to give a meaning without losing the essence in the attempt).

"Because we weren't born where there's not anything to eat, we don't have to ask what we gonna do, and if they treat us like a lazy bastards, we aren't. Hurray for Mexico motherf****s... we have to tied our bind because we all are brother,and we have strenght, why are you following that bunches of as**oles? that are carrying you wherever they want, and is our hard work that makes them live better, it makes them eat our food, that food owns to from our people..." Molotov-gimme the power



"D*mn Jacobo traitor, you hide news to our country, you receive tips from Carlos Salinas, you send to adverstising while you just change the message, then you got news and you judges people on air or live... He lies to everybody, don't let him lie to you, don't let Jacobo makes you a fool... there is a host who work in Televisa (TV network) that f***k you up with his lies, he changes the numbers to all the frauds and tax evations..."
Molotov, Que no tehaga bobo jacobo (Don't let Jacobo makes you stupid).