Single-Minded Coverage

Malcolm Beith had an interesting post two days ago lamenting how editors for English-language media insist on violence-heavy coverage of Mexico, which is certainly true in my experience as both a consumer and producer of print media. (More here.)

I also think it's worth noting that, whatever other flaws they may have, Mexican news outlets do not repeat the mistake in their coverage of the United States. They cover some beats more heavily than others (immigration especially), but for the most part, the big-time Mexican papers cover the US on its own terms. Take this story yesterday from El Universal about the State of the Union and Obama's spending freeze. Other than the language, it's not a whole lot different from what you might see in an American paper. There's rarely if ever a moment where the situation is reversed in American coverage of Mexico.