Table of Contents
Overview : from collusion to confrontation / William A. Orme, Jr. -- The print media: A culture of collusion : the ties that bind the press and the PRI / Raymundo Riva Palacio. Trail by fire : the Chiapas revolt, the Colosio assassination and the Mexican press in 1994 / Sergio Sarmiento. La gacetilla : how advertising masquerades as news / Joe Keenan -- Broadcast news: Sound bites and soap operas : how Mexican television reported the 1994 presidential elections / Barbara Belejack. The eye of the tiger : Emilio Azcâarraga and the Televisa empire / Marjorie Miller and Juanita Darling. Televisa north : Spanish-language news in the United States / Amâerica Rodrâiguez. Balancing act : surviving as a television reporter in Mexico / Bruno Lâopez -- Attacking the messenger: From intimidation to assassination : silencing the press / Lucy Conger. Mexican news and American diplomacy : U.S. State Department monitoring of press freedom violations in Mexico / Mary C. Moynihan. The measure of violence : problems in documentation / Joel Solomon -- Epilogue: Limits to apertura : prospects for press freedom in the new free-market Mexico / Jorge G. Castaäneda.