by brownzeroed » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:07 am
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>This could lead to Oaxaca's overt criminalization/militarization as various federal criminal police elements along with drug and criminal gangs will be brought in from the North (or Veracruz) to do this dirty work</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <br><br>Indeed. Once, I started hearing ANY serious mention of the events in Oaxaca (through AP, LA Times, NPR, etc.) these past few weeks, I had a feeling this would start. The press always defines the argument before a big putsch. This round, the MSM (as defined by NPR's <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Marketplace</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->) frames the struggle as "law and order" versus "greedy teachers disrupting the tourist trade". A bit off the mark, eh? <br><br>Here's an example of NPR's piss poor coverage of Oaxaca: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/08/30/PM200608304.html" target="top">Wednesday, August 30, 2006</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>