U.S. Press Fails at Covering Mexican Peers
Though successful in covering the gruesome aspects of the cartel-related carnage in Mexico, the U.S. press falls short in exposing the muzzling of its Mexican counterparts at the hands of organized crime. That blunt assertion comes from Ricardo Trotti, director of press freedom at the Inter American Press Association.
“They are not covering the news on how the Mexican press is being hit and you need [the coverage] to pressure the Mexican government. They need to pressure the government [on] its lack of reforms,” he said Monday in El Paso, where reporters and editors from the U.S. and ...
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Melody Simon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The American press is falling short in many, many areas.
Mary Lynn VanZandt Neill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ever considered 1)the press could get killed if name in paper? 2)some reporter/s might(might) be on another "type" of payroll? 3)some journalists have already been threatened,killed,or families endangered...you want to be responsible for that?No 1st Amendment there...or freedom of the press,either.Not a great place to play "60 Minutes".
Truth Hurts
Also the human story has not been told well. The coverage always reads like a crime beat story.
Beyond the guns and blood, there is real suffering occurring -- and a world power at the door step that does worst than nothing; that goes the extra step with officials like Kay Bailey Hutchinson, John Cornyn, Leo Berman and Debbie Riddle, who disparage and dehumanize those caught in the crossfire and in pursuit of peace.
@ Melody hits the nail on the head. Our media has failed in its reporting of Iraq, Afghanistan, the financial crisis, immigration, China, Yemen, North Korea, the environment, energy, the drug wars, the California-American prison system, and the list goes on ...