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Narco "apology?

08 Apr 2010

"Narco-apology?

Written by: José Luis Castillejos Ambrocio on 08 Apr 2010 - Permanent URL

By José Luis Castillejos Ambrocio

joseluiscastillejos@gmail.com

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Julio Scherer, director-founder of the Mexican magazine Process, it has rained all these days. Interviewing a narco trafficker requested by it, has earned admiration and disqualifications. Some say the infamous failed journalist, who failed to do the interview, or ask questions finicky. Others praise the antithesis of, say the octogenarian communicator did his role and that will go down in history with more success under his arm.

We split and slowly. You would be on adrenaline and Scherer shoes to feel the rough heart of it, a different rate to that of those who now, from the desktop, praise or criticize. Is not the same outline a text from the comfort of the computer to be with Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a man wanted for anti-narcotics police and the Mexican Army, and very guarded with machine guns and heavy weapons.

Scherer That is a good journalist, no doubt. But that has done an excellent interview or chronic there is some discrepancy by its critics. Let's cut the hypocrisy and false poses. Anyone journalist worthy of the name and would have the "golden opportunity" of common questions and interviewing a mobster. Is there in this apology to narco trafficking or is simply a journalist's commitment to its readers: to bring all aspects and it is this which determines if you did right or wrong?

already many would like to interview the most sought terrorist by the U.S. Bin Laden, the imprisoned for life in the Naval Base of the port of El Callao, Peru, Abimael Guzman, responsible for 51 percent of the 69 thousand deaths perpetrated under his leadership by Shining Path.

Could be, yes, questionable, Scherer over the years that it has in the journalistic profession has been left "embraced" by the Mayo Zambada as a "testimony" that actually interviewed him. The photo of yore had to go in any event, indoors but there the editorial decision was: "O take this opportunity to reconfirm that Process Top is the magazine, the number 1 in Mexico, or let pass for fear of criticism."

What would you have done if he had in his hands the text and picture Scherer most wanted narco? No publisher would have missed an opportunity to promote yourself as the best magazine of its kind, even if the devil himself, entering the stake.

Chiapas scholar on issues of media Isaín Mandujano says about this: "If with the same intensity that we are outraged to see the photo of Don Julio Scherer with El Mayo Zambada indignáramos and we will protest every time the drug kills or stops a journalist, I have no doubt that our Mexico would be another Mexico. "

Reason, in this regard, it lacks communicator I disagree with the assertion of some critics that process has become a kind of "Vanity Fair Magazine" where the famous march of fashion.

With criticism is willing to "kill the messenger. In antiquity it was a very widespread practice of executing the messenger of the day that news reports were not like the King.

Legend in eastern King was a very cruel, unjust and cruel and annoy anyone who tempt him immediately destroyed. Each time I received a messenger from the confines of his kingdom, if you brought bad news immediately made him kill. Confusing the message with the messenger and the shadow reality of it, did anyone dare to tell what really happened. It was so not even aware that there was no longer king. Such was the panic that caused even such comments as the people sentenced to death or the executioner dared to tell the sentence for fear of him executed.

stingy, cannibalism, settling scores, disqualifications and what they will be woven against Scherer has had the decency to give journalism Professor for many yesterdays.

How many lives should Mr. Ismael Zambada? How many human beings have killed him, personally? Have you been instructed how to kill? How many have died poisoned by illegal drug trafficking? Between its cast of dead were soldiers, police or journalists? Are the victims, their last moments of life, felt fear? Did you have mercy on the wounded, tortured or given the coup de grace, asks from Chronicle Juan Manuel Asai.

What is at issue, he says, not the game. Few journalists would refuse, since the raw material with which they work are the news. It is certainly a news event to enter the lair of a boss, especially the Sinaloa Cartel, the most powerful and deadly of the country. The question arises when a journalist appears to be an obedient messenger and its environment becomes a sounding board of a criminal group. When the offender does not answer the questions asked, but says what he means and that is what is published. It may be a blanket placed in a vehicular bridge, a card on a corpse or the cover of an influential weekly newspaper of national circulation.

should be revised, as of now, the code of journalistic ethics to determine if we hide under the rug thorny issues that bother a lot of joy to others. "Apology to narco trafficking or simple practice of journalism? The story will place each one on the pedestal is due.

Carlos Ramirez is harsh in his criticism: The cover photo of process summarizes the interview was not and suggests the face of satisfaction of a journalist embraced by one of the leaders of narco traffic has caused more crimes than any epidemic. The arm on his right shoulder May Scherer, head up to the arrogance of power and the journalist declined, left arm over his waist, contrast with the image overwhelmed, fearful, Scherer, with the symbolism of two feathers the shirt pocket, two pens stored, inactive.

magazine itself process can not hide his dismay. Does not announce an interview but only describes the presence of Scherer in "the lair of the Mayo Zambada" and dare not, flushing and to exalt over what is offered: it speaks only of a "chronicle of an unusual encounter." But the unusual thing was not the encounter but the failure of a reporter who blew the interview of the decade and was only a description without claw or creativity of a visit to one of the ranches of the capo.

From: http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/letrasdelalma/category/narcotrafico

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