[7] Reporters investigating the government of Alberto Fujimori faced violence, with some being abducted and killed; from 1990 to 1996, at least eighteen journalists were assassinated, with most being from interior provinces.
[9] Into the 2020s, mainstream private media began to lose its reputation due to its use of disinformation, especially during the 2021 Peruvian general election.
[5] Outside of Lima, many media staff in rural areas were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, while hundreds of other journalists died due to COVID-19.
[11] The media's attacks resulted with support moving from Mendoza to Pedro Castillo, who was further left on the political spectrum.
[12] In the second round of elections, Peru's major media networks were described as aligning with Keiko Fujimori to discredit Castillo.
[20] Among Peru's television networks is Frecuencia Latina, which was the subject of considerable controversy and indirectly led to a case being decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
However, Baruch Ivcher was stripped of his Peruvian citizenship and forced to sell his shares of the channel below market value to pro-Fujimori businessmen.
El Peruano acts as the official newspaper of record, and all laws passed in Peru must be published in the daily.
[1] Such papers frequently feature women wearing bikinis or less and show pictures of dead bodies on their front pages.
The fourth period (1980-2000) begins with the return of the media companies to their owners, the formation of new networks and corporations, and the development of popular radio.
[24] Many Peruvians continued to utilize the radio for information in the 2020s, though news stories typically lack depth and details.
Internet-only media started in 1995 with some on-demand broadcasts in RealAudio done by Frecuencia Primera RTVN, Red Cientifica Peruana, Peru.Com and Radio Programas.
[5] Organizations such as IDL-Reporteros and OjoPúblico have assumed the role of Peru's leaders in investigative journalism as mainstream media in the nation lost their reputation due to their use of disinformation.
[5] Caretas, founded in October 1950 by Doris Gibson and her son Enrique Zileri, is one of Peru's most prestigious newsmagazines.
[28] In January 2022, Judge Jesús Vega found an author, his book's publisher and the director of the publisher guilty of defamation for their book investigating multimillionaire César Acuña, with the judge arguing that certain allegations lack sufficient sources and fining the entities $100,000, with the funds being awarded to Acuña.
[3][21] The Miro Quesada family and its El Comercio Group has typically supported right-wing political candidates, including President Alan García and Keiko Fujimori.