The Philippines' largest television network, which refused to air Duterte's 2016 presidential campaign, has been forced off air, striking a blow to media freedom

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• On Tuesday, the Philippines' largest television network ABS-CBN was ordered to stop broadcasting.
• The order didn't come out of nowhere. President Rodrigo Duterte has been feuding with ABS-CBN since the network refused to air his 2016 presidential campaign ads.
• The station has also closely documented Duterte's deadly war on drugs, which has seen thousands of people killed.
• The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines told The New York Times that ABS-CBN's closure sent a clear message: "What Duterte wants, Duterte gets."
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The Philippines' largest television news broadcaster has been ordered off the air by the government, and watchdogs are calling it a blow to the country's press freedom.

On Tuesday, the National Telecommunications Commission, the Philippines' media regulator, told ABS-CBN it had to stop broadcasting. 

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