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After August 1968 the political leadership was bound due to the so called „Moscow record of proceedings“(Moskevský protokol) to get the media under supervision. The leadership removed the directors of TV and radio stations from their... more
After August 1968 the political leadership was bound due to the so called „Moscow record of proceedings“(Moskevský protokol) to get the media under supervision. The leadership removed the directors of TV and radio stations from their offices and on 30 April re-established the censorship institution named „The Office for Press and Information“(Úřad pro tisk a informace), where Josef Vohnout was appointed a director. As the communist party failed to get this institution running owing to the lack of staff the communist leaders demanded the journalist to become censors themselves but they refused. The restoration of censorship was legislatively protected by the law No 127/1968 from 13 September 1968. On 12 September 1968 there was founded „The Government committee for Press and Information“(Vládní výbor pro tisk a informace) as another new constituent for media administration, but it came to an end soon. Since the beginning of January 1969 the Censorship Office according to the federal system of government split into „The Czech Office for Press and Information“(Český úřad pro tisk a informace) and „The Slovak Office for Press and Information“ (Slovenský úrad pre tlač a informácie). The censorship institution didn’t meet the demands in autumn 1968 and didn’t work as a tool for media pacifying as the „Moscow record of proceedings“ ordered. The other institutional and legislative modifications failed either. The communist leaders didn’t succeed in getting the media under supervision until they increased the individual economical pressure on each journalist – individual purges started in spring 1969.