Being my first post for this blog I will make things clear to my reader and define the main problematic topics that I will try to perhaps expose in this blog. I want to clarify in advance and for your evaluation that I see my position regarding latin america as a libertarian reformist mainly antagonistic to Bolivarian piety and authoritarianism in general.
Regarding latin american news dissemination in the US I have tried to sketch out three main outlets of public access and their relevance: one, independent American journalism , second , the intellectual discourse in American universities, and third, mainstream American news media.
First, is the independent American journalism, which in my opinion is the most relevant. I believe that the NPR circuit is specially important to develop proper operative criticism of the latin american problematic and their missreporting is one that should be carefully analyzed and scrutinized.
Second, is the intellectual discourse in American universities, heavily influential on the independent media and remarkably game changing in the interpretation of Latin American political developments. This one is formed by famous scholars and speculant latin american studies professors and grads.
Third and the least relevant, is the mainstream corporate American journalism . I believe that at its most important level you will find newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and Vanity Fair. At its base you will find cnn/fox news and msnbc. Those who pay any attention to them should only take their news as some disconnected verse from a very long piece of poetry. Their reporting is mostly protocolar and sterile which can make it rather irrelevant.
This blog deals with latin american developments and their projection through these outlets.
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