Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

reorg

(3,317 posts)
11. the "research" of this poster actually shows the opposite
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 10:25 AM
Apr 2013

of what he thinks.

First, I would like to mention the OP appears to be written when the poster was half asleep. He advises his readers not to confuse "Prensa Libre" with "Prensa Latina" and then goes on in his next paragraph to do exactly that:

I searched Prensa Latina first for Rios Montt and found 4 pages of links on Rios Montt and his atrocities in just the last two months. 4 pages of links just from Prensa Latina on Rios MOntt, I repeat.


Then he makes the following claim which turns out to be false on closer examination:

I then searched for Jennifer Harbury, whose Guatemalan husband was tortured and killed by the military, and found 9 pages of links just on Siglo 21 website. ...

http://www.s21.com.gt/search/google/jennifer%20harbury?query=jennifer%20harbury&cx=017238256316942201728%3A1-7gdx7w70k&cof=FORID%3A11&sitesearch=


If you follow his link to the Siglo 21 search results page, it does indeed state that "Aproximadamente 90 resultados (0,18 segundos)" were found and, at the bottom of the page, the numbers 2-9 with links appear to indicate that there are "9 pages of links".

However, if you click through these links - an action that our dear co-poster obviously did not waste any time on - you will find that there are only two and a half pages of search results. Some of the results link to the same article or notice. In total, the number of "articles" with the name Jennifer Harbury is 16, ranging from one-sentence notices (hidden on page 4 of the newspaper) to some reports and opinion (hit) pieces (none of which are on the first page).

Since I know very little about Guatemala I thought I might learn something going through these articles and in fact I did. It is a textbook case of "framing" an issue that is uncomfortable and which you want to go away.

The first six articles in 2010 mention a plan by the ruling party at the time, "Plan Victoria 2012", to "defame" (desprestigiar) the opposition, part of which would be Jennifer Harbury's allegations against the opposing party candidate Otto Pérez Molina. Jennifer Harbury and her allegations are only mentioned in passing, the main claim being that she was going to be paid for the trip.

The next four notices about Jennifer Harbury's attempt to reopen the case about her disappeared husband from 2011 are extremely short and lacking of meaningful content. They are followed by two hit pieces mainly focusing on the commenter's allegation that her marriage with the disappeared guerilla fighter wasn't real.

Finally, the four articles in January 2012 are about the dismissal of the case. These articles are longer than those of the previous year, but, again, her allegations are done with in a few sentences.


PP señala al Gobierno de tener Plan Victoria 2012
20.03.2010

Baldetti y Blanco acuden a tribunales
24.03.2010

Harbury está aquí para declarar en caso Bámaca
25.03.2010

Harbury, go home
26.03.2010

Citación deriva en lucha ideológica
06.04.2010

Gutiérrez pide a Colom evitar caer en “tentación totalitaria”
04.07.2010



“El que nada debe, nada teme”
01.02.2011

Ven interés por cerrar caso Bámaca
22.02.2011

Denuncian a Otto Pérez por muerte de Bámaca
01.04.2011

Activistas denuncian a Pérez
20.07.2011


Durmiendo el sueño de los justos (I)
22.07.2011

Durmiendo el Sueño de Justos (II)
05.08.2011



Jueza desestima denuncia contra Otto Pérez por el caso Bámaca
06.01.2012

Desestima acción contra Pérez Molina
07.01.2012

Piden continuar caso Bámaca
08.01.2012

Fiscal explica desistimiento en caso Bámaca
09.01.2012

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Region Forums»Latin America»Rios Montt and the Guatem...»Reply #11