the kirchner government launched a campaign against clarín group, which included over 450 legal and administrative acts of harassment, as reported by the global editors network. one of those actions was a selective use of state advertising, to benefit the media aligned with the government. the government tried to enforce a controversial media law that would see clarín group lose licenses and be forced to sell most of its assets. the law was initially sanctioned as a competition law for the media, but critics pointed out that it was only being used to further the campaign against clarín group. the government had little interest in enforcing measures of the law that were not related to clarín group. clarín group launched a constitutional challenge against some articles of the law with the judiciary. the government released an anti-clarín advertisement claiming it refused to obey the law and may be subverting democracy. the conflict led to disputes with the judiciary. minister julio alak said that extending an injunction that allowed clarín group to keep its assets during the trial would be an insurrection, and it was rumored that judges who did not rule as the government wished might face impeachment. the court extended the inunction.