... With communists like Chavez, Ortega, and Castro.
Our state-run media has really bit the big one on the Honduras story. Reflexively, they gobbled up what propaganda minister Gibbs fed them and dutifully regurgitated it. Where is the in-depth analysis? Where is the historical context?
Instead, we get warmed over professors and analysts talking about Obama's stature in the region and how this affects the US. I haven't been in Honduras in years, but I've got news for you: Obama and the US are not at the forefront of Hondurans' minds right now. And this story is not about us or our dear leader: It is about a nation trying to do the right thing in light of their constitution.
RCP at least provides a list of quotes from various "experts" on the situation. Like any such compilation, all points of view are represented and those on either side can find something they like,
Latina Lista, no right-winger, provides some insight from Honduras that The ObamaMedia has proven itself incapable of providing:
But every Honduran-focused blog that I was able to find (Pensieve, La Gringa's Blogcito, Honduras Living,) were telling a different story. In fact, at one point, the bloggers were trying to unite to send a message out to their readers to send a message to Obama to explain to him the "real situation" in Honduras.
The people there in the country are saying that the media is presenting a one-sided look at the situation and is actually filing a lot of information that is not entirely accurate.
To get some historic perspective on the region, I suggest Ryszard Kapuscinski's tragicomic "The Soccer War." It is a highly entertaining read. You will gain a much greater understanding from this book than you will from listening to all the so-called Latin American experts from Taco Bell U.
4 comments:
Good post man, this story is amazing how distorted the media has projected it when the have at all, as you said " right thing in light of their constitution." and that's all/
Their Supreme Court ordered this "coup" in order to remove an Obama like constitution shredder who was writing his own rules as he went along.. They miraculously leave that important fact out, don't they>
What really gripes me, Ray, is these Latin American "experts," who haven't gotten any closer to the region than a trip to Taco Bell.
I lived down there, so I can see their BS a mile away...
I can't believe the administration is actually able to state their position with a straight face.
Finntann: It's the blind leading the blind. They criticized Bush for being so black and white. OK. Where's the nuance?
Happy 4th!
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