[Peace-discuss] Vote: Dumbest Mistake in a "South of the Border" Review!

[Robert Naiman]

43% chose Larry Rohter of the NYT. The wisdom of crowds...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/13/154938/096
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/13/154938/096>
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> What a lot of research you've put into this, Bob, impressive!! Depressing
> that there are so many factual errors that it's impossible to pick the
> winner, or rather, the biggest loser. If this is an example of the MSM in
> general, and it appears that it is, then maybe it's not so bad that it's a
> vanishing source of "informantion."
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Tue, 7/13/10, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Vote: Dumbest Mistake in a "South of the Border"
> Review!
> To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 4:26 PM
>
> The Oliver Stone documentary, "South of the Border" takes aim at the
> media for its misinformed and misleading coverage of Latin America.
> The film includes clips from CNN, network news programs, the New York
> Times, Fox News, and other media to demonstrate just how bad the
> coverage can be. But a host of reviews of "South of the Border" serve
> as additional examples, getting countries and presidents mixed up with
> each other, confusing democratic elections with coups d'etat, and
> other errors.
>
> What do you think is the dumbest mistake in a "Border" review so far?
> Vote in the poll!
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/13/154938/096
>
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