[lit-ideas] Re: rioting in Oaxaca
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:23:29 -0700
Mexico shares a long border with the US. Immigration from Mexico is one of the
big policy issues in the US. Hispanics (from Mexico) now account for about half
the population of California and Texas--two of the most populous US states.
Labor and political conflicts in Mexico affect people in the US.
I realize that news coverage is not just a matter of how many people die, and
how they die, outside the US borders. I'm neither that naive nor that cynical.
Given the extremely narrow, repetitive focus of mainstream English-speaking
media in the US, I'm now listening to what Spanish-speaking media considers
news here--and my Spanish isn't fabulous.
It's not earth-shattering news that the Dallas Morning News has again cut back
on reporters. Not news that journalism is close to defunct, except for unpaid
or seemingly unpaid bloggers. I gather that the rampant nostalgia for the likes
of Edward R. Murrows stems from a similar desire for the formerly "objective,"
vetted news media.
Carol
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From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: rioting in Oaxaca
300 people died in flooding in Ethiopia this week. 200,000 people have been
killed in Darfur, 3 million displaced to squalor camps, and civilians are
having limbs hacked off, fingers, toes, noses; children are being raped
repeatedly, people set on fire.
Apparently what is news-worthy depends on ethnicity and the presence of oil.
In conjunction w/ my rage, please see the "seeing red" post.
Julie Krueger
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Subj: [lit-ideas] rioting in Oaxaca
Date: 8/12/06 8:52:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: carolkir@xxxxxxxx
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Dear All,
Last week I posted a query about female demonstrators in Oaxaca, Mexico. It
was based on a small item I (and Julie) heard on NPR--an item without
followup. Last night I watched the news on one of the Mexico TV stations
here (there are three of them, on non-cable). Now there are "thousands" of
women demonstrating against the state's government (their claim is the
election was rigged). Last night the demonstrators were tear-gassed, militia
brought out--the whole megillah.
Not a word of it in the NY Times, though. How come? I can't believe that the
US audience wouldn't be interested in what's happening in Mexico. Is this
situation in Mexico being reported in Europe? Does it seem worth coverage?
tia,
Carol
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