Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Questions from the audience: Less U.S. journalists in Latin America means bias?

Rockwell said that the fewer voices you have reporting, the less quality of reporting you have.

Carreño agreed. There is no meeting ground where ideas can be compared before they're published. There's a scarcity of sources, less coverage and it makes more bias.

Sotero said that NPR in Brazil does some very thoughtful, well informed pieces on very difficult subjects like crime, violence AIDS. NPR covered that Brazil has a very good program for AIDS.

He doesn't pay attention to bias in the media because a reporter will get the facts and report the facts in such a way that the audience can form their own opinion.

"I don't care if they're liberal or conservative, NPR has good, professional journalists," he said.

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