tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post3907807897283167086..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Press abuses in Latin AmericaGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-68119436225652460692012-05-30T23:38:58.633-04:002012-05-30T23:38:58.633-04:00I don't disagree with the basic premise, namel...<i>I don't disagree with the basic premise, namely that the Obama administration should be more vocal about attack on the press. But any such statements would have to start with government friendly to the United States.</i><br /><br />Unfortunately, that's just not how U.S. foreign policy works. (And it's not how U.S. media operate either). The long-standing tendency is to selectively emphasize breaches of liberal norms on the part of rival states and to deemphasize those of allied states. It should be a surprise to no one that the perceived interests of U.S. officials often get in the way of principled approaches to foreign affairs.Justin Delacourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343303383195336825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-62339522401473009422012-05-30T08:51:06.604-04:002012-05-30T08:51:06.604-04:00Or maybe with the government of the United States....Or maybe with the government of the United States.<br /><br />"Chile (80th) fell 47 places because of its many freedom of information violations, committed very often by the security forces during student protests. The United States (47th) also owed its fall of 27 places to the many arrests of journalist covering Occupy Wall Street protests."<br /><br />also Bradley Manning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com