mainstream outlets released a dell uj, talking about what what be shown about the coup and the 18 year dictatorship under augusto pinochet. >> at a time when institutions like the judiciary asked for forgiveness for failure to protect the per cent cuted, some of the media -- persecuted, some of the media asked for forgiveness, apart from the oldest media, funded by the cia, who was funded to take down salvador allende: now to september 11th - 9/11. >> the last words chileans ever heard from their president salvador allende were these... >> general augusto pinochet's military called the bombings - operation silence. the effect was lasting, going beyond the two stations. the chilean media were silenced and would stay that way for almost two decades of >> >> translation: those of us that lived in chile at the time faced the reality of daily life - the censorship, history which had been taken over by the media. all the tv channels were controlled by the dictatorship. >> >> translation: those supportive of the government that were not supportive of the government were closed. newspapers and