Beat the press
4 September 2009
Blaming the media is a favorite among right-wing politicians around the world, but the mayor of Santa Cruz, Bolivia has a solution to the pesky reporter problem … well, make that a final solution.
The controversial mayor of Santa Cruz, Percy Fernández, has drawn criticism from journalism groups and unions for saying that he wants journalists to “die” because they are foolish “traitors,” La Prensa reports.
According to El Deber, the mayor said in his speech that if journalists die, “it’s better that it be from natural causes, so they can’t accuse us of having done it.”
(Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas)
Sombrero tip to El Duderino (“Abiding in Bolivia“):
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Blaming the media is a favorite tactic of politicians of all stripe. It depends on who’s ox is being gored that day.