MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Hondurans voted on Sunday but legitimacy of results remains unknown
Honduran cattle rancher Porfirio Lobo apparently won the presidency of the Central American country that is trying to overcome a five-month political crisis and rebuild its economy, according to exit polls and preliminary results released by television and radio stations. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesYou repeated the phrases, “...violent clashes between Zelaya supporters and backers of de facto ruler Roberto Micheletti. At least four people have been killed in fighting between authorities and protesters...”.
Dec 01st, 2009 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This an attempt to persuade the reader that both sides were equally guilty of perpetrating violence. You know, as does most of the world, that the thugs of the fascist dictatorship were the ones who grabbed power illegally and violently; that they continue to threaten, terrorize, attack and murder the people who have peacefully protested this crime.
There can be but two reasons for your presenting the situation as you do: either you are rank amateurs, unaware of the blatant facts, or you are writing your views as “news” reports to sway the reader to your ideological bias. Given your track record as a moneyed, rightist corporation, the obvious conclusion is the latter.
This is condescending and disrespectful of the readership. It is also known as “propaganda”.
Mel needs to be in a cell. Period.
Dec 01st, 2009 - 03:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The idiot broke the jaw. Tape his mouth shut and lock him up.
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