Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that in Latin America, especially in Venezuela and Argentina, "press freedom was being undermined under the suspicious pretext of plurality". Others, notably the press freedom advocacy group Reporters Sans Frontières, have expressed some support for the measure, citing the need to repeal the Radio Broadcast Law of 1980 enacted by the National Reorganization Process, Argentina's last military government. The acrimony between Cristina Kirchner's government and the national media was exacerbated by a series of lock-ins carried out by the truck drivers' union led by Pablo Moyano, son of Hugo Moyano, a close ally of the Kirchner government. During the lock
Public image of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner be placed on either the "good" or "evil" side according to the political needs of the time, and the pro-Kirchner network may shift the support or criticism accordingly. Her speeches also resort to appeal to emotion. Cristina Kirchner also uses comparisons with historical events to support her policies. It has been stated by the historian Luis Alberto Romero that those comparisons are usually inaccurate and misleading, but most professional historians prefer to ignore them, and focus on her actual policies instead. The media that promotes the ""Relato K"" is divided into three main groups. First is state-owned media, which is