tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post18092859081356177..comments2023-09-11T10:45:49.957-07:00Comments on Honduras Culture and Politics: A (Millennium) Challenge for HondurasRAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-37739653430104996682011-01-07T10:02:20.565-08:002011-01-07T10:02:20.565-08:00IMO, if a paper runs a story, the editor has put h...IMO, if a paper runs a story, the editor has put his paper's name behind it. It doesn't matter whether it's a wire service story or not, although of course the paper can fire a reporter, while it's harder to fire a wire service in a system where AP has a near-monopoly on foreign reporting.<br /><br />But, you know, there *are* alternatives. IPSNews does good work. Agence France Presse and Reuters, too. If one chooses a news service based on accuracy rather than on conforming to the assumptions of empire, AP would not be a first choice. <br /><br />The Post cannot escape responsibility for what it posts, especially since the AP has such an extensive track record of bad reporting. Not to mention that the Post has an extensive track record of dishonest reporting on Latin America. <br /><br />--CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-78070160029920108972011-01-07T09:14:48.368-08:002011-01-07T09:14:48.368-08:00@boz: ah, the dangers of the internet. But can I s...@boz: ah, the dangers of the internet. But can I still hold the Post responsible for not covering Honduras, now that their temporary-- and in my view, quite distorted-- interests have waned?<br /><br />@David: thanks for the link-- and indeed, what the MCC seems to say in its comments, however much they may simply be diplomatic speech, is that Honduras was successful in its first compact.RAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-52606685743133662482011-01-07T04:31:15.018-08:002011-01-07T04:31:15.018-08:00Second point: Apparently Honduras is the only low...Second point: Apparently Honduras is the only lower-income country in the WORLD to have successfully completed an MCC compact. That is largely correspondent to Zelaya's term of office.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596363377059790052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-2164620238403278972011-01-07T04:22:46.029-08:002011-01-07T04:22:46.029-08:00Good points. It's ridiculous for AP to quote m...Good points. It's ridiculous for AP to quote ministers talking about anything before FY 2010. The MCC indicators are rated every fiscal year, as you point out, so the ineligibility of Honduras is clearly and only a reflection of the current government's failing corruption ranking. More on the process at the <a href="http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424647" rel="nofollow">MCA Monitor</a>.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596363377059790052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-24707135395509098192011-01-07T02:48:45.045-08:002011-01-07T02:48:45.045-08:00Just to clarify, the Post didn't give any prin...Just to clarify, the Post didn't give any print space to this article. They run a feed of AP world news articles on the backend of their website that publishes 70-100 articles per day without any editorial input from the Post. They do it for pageviews, as do many major newspapers (see the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-lt-honduras-us-aid,0,6588549.story" rel="nofollow">LA Times</a> or <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/01/06/world/americas/AP-LT-Honduras-US-Aid.html?_r=1&ref=world" rel="nofollow">NYT</a> versions of the same article).<br /><br />Your anger should be directed at the AP.bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233148632004720002noreply@blogger.com