Colombian journalists have long endured intimidation from paramilitaries, drug traffickers, and rebel groups.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claims that coverage of issues like the environment, armed conflict, corruption, or cooperation between politicians and unrecognized armed groups regularly results in harassment, intimidation, and violence.
Despite this, the media are typically free to voice a variety of viewpoints and cover delicate subjects.
The number of attacks on journalists during protests has risen, and public confidence in the media has been eroding ever since.
A small number of private groups control a majority of the media. TV is the primary source of news. Privately owned, El Tiempo is the most widely read newspaper among the print media.
By July 2022, there were 43 million internet users, or 83 percent of the population (Internetworldstats.com).
- Daily of the Liberal Party is El Tempo.
- Daily of the Conservative Party: El Nuevo Siglo.
- El Colombiano, a newspaper published in Medellin.
- Daily liberal Vanguard.
- Every day El Espectador.
- La Republica is a business newspaper.
- Semana means week.
- English-language online news source: Colombia Reports.
- Government-run Senal Colombia.
- private through Telecaribe.
- Radio Cadena Nacional's RCN TV is run.
- Caracol TV is a private, for-profit network.
Colombia has a large number of stations. Among the significant networks are:
- Government-run Radio National of Colombia.
- Radio Super and Super Stereo FM are both part of Cadena Super.
- Caracol, which operates a number of networks, is home to the flagship station Caracol Colombia.
- RCN Radio is a well-known mediumwave (AM) network with many affiliates.
