Mexico's Journalists Feel Heavy Hand of Violence

MEXICO'S JOURNALISTS FEEL HEAVY HAND OF VIOLENCE
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Manuel Roig-Franzia]
Mexico is now the second deadliest country in the world for journalists after Iraq. More than 30 journalists have been killed in the past six years in Mexico. As more reporters die, journalism itself is suffering. A newspaper in Sonora said last week that it was temporarily shutting down because of attacks and threats by criminal gangs. Top editors at the two largest newspapers in Monterrey, Milenio and El Norte, said in interviews that they no longer ask crime reporters to dig deeply on their stories. At risk is the vibrancy of the free press in Mexico's still developing democracy. President Felipe Calderón has called the intimidation of journalists "an unacceptable situation," promised to protect journalists and discussed possible legislation to achieve that goal. But reporters keep dying and news media offices keep getting attacked.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/29/AR2007052902132.html
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