AMLO downplays controversial statements from La Casa de los Famosos Mexico 2: No to censorship

MEXICO.— Despite the great controversy that has generated the reality show from Televisa, The House of the Famous Mexico 2024 (LCDLFM), due to the hate narratives that have been registered among the contestants of the program the president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) indicated that freedoms must be guaranteed and called for there is no censorship.

AMLO asks not to censor La Casa de los Famosos México 2 despite controversial comments that arose in the Televisa reality show

At the morning conference this Thursday, August 15 at the National Palace, the president was questioned about whether any statement would be issued statement by the Secretary of the Interior regarding the controversial statements which have emerged in a Televisa program, and which have caused government institutions such as the women’s secretary to speak out against it.

However, despite the fact that the journalist pointed out to him Lopez Obrador that in The House of the Famous Mexico have been issued Misogynistic, violent comments and mockery about the mental health of some participants, the response of Andres Manuel was overwhelming.

“I have heard of the program, I have never seen it, I did not know what it was about, I do not know what it is about, what I can say is that Freedoms must be guaranteedand if there are excesses, I believe that it affects the producers of the program and the television station, because we are already in a moment, in times when people are very aware of what is worth seeing or hearing…”, López Obrador began by mentioning.

And he added: “I believe that more than a censorship of an office or a government, are the citizens. Maybe it doesn’t even have a rating“, declared Andrés Manuel, despite the fact that the communicator identified as Gustavo García, when beginning his question to the president, highlighted that it is currently “the most watched program in Mexico.”

Taking advantage of the journalist’s question, AMLO also spoke about The Rose of Guadalupe program that he apparently does know.

“I have heard on Televisa that there is a kind of soap opera, I have not seen it called The Rose of Guadalupethat’s the one has more rating, But I don’t know how it relates to The House of the Famous.”

Once again the journalist reiterated that the controversial program is the most successful currently on Mexican television, but Lopez Obrador He responded by asking him if he had seen the polls, and then reaffirmed that The Rose of Guadalupe is the most viewed.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He ended this topic by pointing out that “we are free,” but he called on Emilio Azcárraga and the owners of Televisa to come together self-limitation because “there is no way they are allowing vulgarities or toxic expressions or insults.”

“But that depends on them, Let there be no censorship“, he added, before mentioning that: “The Government should not send a memorandum, a note, not even a warning, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. Do not touch them, zero censorship, no censorship, we are not the same,” concluded the President of Mexico.

It should be noted that the journalist stressed that he considered it important to address the issue in the “morning” because The House of the Famous Mexico 2 It is the most watched program in Mexico, but due to the type of comments expressed in said program, government institutions have spoken out against it.

And people have even asked the Secretary of the Interior to intervene to implement the general law on radio and television which establishes what must be protected and what must be avoided any kind of violence in content aimed at families.

But AMLO He insisted that the Televisa program is only seen by “10”.

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