Kenyan news outlet grapples with the word “gubernatorial”

‘Gubernatorial’: A mouthful and complicated word

Published on Jan 27, 2013

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Gubernatorial has become synonymous with the prime time news in Kenya, newspaper headlines to name but a few. But just what is this humongous word gubernatorial? NTV’s Pamela Asigi explores its origin and why giant media houses are grappling with its use.

MEGAPOST: The Drug War and Mexican Tourism

Mexico: From “Drug-Fueled War Zone” to “Well-Traveled International Tourist Destination” – This video has no official description. It’s a PR firm describing their campaign to reinvigorate Mexican tourism.

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Many tourists no longer want to visit Mexico because of drug violence. It might be time to cross another nearby country (Guatemala) off the list, because Mexicoapos;s ruthless cartels are going international.

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Northern Mexico’s Copper Canyon is considered one of the world’s most spectacular landscapes. But the site also right in the middle of Mexico’s drug-growing heartland, so it is struggling to attract tourists.

Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney travelled to the canyon in the state of Chihuahua to see what it offers for those prepared to make the trip.

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Mexico’s once buoyant tourism industry is being weighed downby the country’s ongoing drug war. Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney reports from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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As the deadly drug war in Mexico continues, new violence is spreading towards popular tourist areas. Terry McCarthy reports on conditions in Acapulco, a new battleground between rival drug cartels.

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OAK BAY – The phones are ringing at Oak Bay’s Athlone Travel – the first few weeks of 2011 have been busy. But bookings to Mexico are down, and clients are asking questions. “They’re Concerned about the violence, if they go to Mexico are they in any danger” says Manager Liz Smith.

And you can see where skittish travellers may be getting that idea.

On Monday, 69-year-old Mike Di Lorenzo of Penticton was hit in the leg by gunfire meant for someone else in Mazatlan. He needed surgery and two blood transfusions, and likely saved his wife’s life by diving on top of her.

Earlier this month, a Montreal police officer got separated from his friends at a bar in Cancun and was severely beaten. A woman from Ontario claims was gang-raped by police in Playa del Carmen on New Year’s eve.

And in November, 33-year-old Nanaimo Realtor, father, and newlywed Malcolm Johnson was killed in a freak gas explosion at the Grand Riviera Hotel along with four other Canadians.

Royal Roads University “Human Security” expert Kenneth Christie just returned from Mexico, where he says a drug war has taken more than 30,000 lives over the past four years. But most of the violence is taking place far from your favourite all-inclusive resort. “I think tourists should be careful when they go to Mexico, stay away obviously from where the drug war is taking place, but in most of the resorts they’re pretty safe” says Christie.

He says the BC man injured this week was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. “Mazatlan’s been a very safe place for Canadian tourists to go.”

Liz Smith at Athlone Travel agrees, suggesting you stick to the familiar resort destinations to stay safe. “It’s like all the people that go on airplanes every day, millions of people around the world travel by air, and when there’s an accident, everyone stops to think about it, and I think that’s what’s happening here.”

For some Canadians, it appears the issue of whether or not Mexico is safe isn’t an issue at all. One viewer comments online: “Please don’t go to Mexico, way too dangerous. In fact, don’t go anywhere. Just stay home and hide under your bed, where it’s safe.”

He does make a good point – there are risks involved in doing just about anything.

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In another grisly turn in Mexico’s drug war, police have recovered 18 bodies from a mass grave announced in a YouTube posting, a video saying the victims were from a tourist group kidnapped in Acapulco a month ago.

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A drop in tourism and manufacturing has left the Mexican state Baja, California, with a struggling economy. Jose Luis Sierra of New America Media reports on how the drug war and recession have played a role.

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At least eight people have been killed in a fire bomb attack on a bar in the Mexican tourist town of Cancun.

Local reports said the attack was carried out by a drug cartel which was trying to extort protection money from the bar owner.

It has heightened fears that drug-related violence is spreading to tourist towns.

Al Jazeera’s Franc Contreras reports from Cancun.

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Juan Carlos Hidalgo of the Cato Institute on how the country’s drug problems are impacting tourism.

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In Tijuana, a once-thriving city just across the border from San Diego, the increasingly deadly drug war has touched almost every part of life.

Americans used to flock to the city, but now largely avoid it. In 2005, a banner year for tourism, some four million people visited Tijuana. Last year, the number dropped to around 400,000. Residents, too, are fleeing in fear.

Worldfocus correspondent John Larson, producer Bryan Myers and field producers Megan Thompson and Ivette Feliciano explore Tijuana, beginning in a hospital that not only treats the victims of drug violence, but that operates in fear that its own people will get caught in the battle.

A typewriter renaissance

MEGAPOST: Time Magazine names “the protester” as person of the year

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From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, “The Protester” has been named Time magazine’s 2011 “Person of the Year”.

The annual distinction is given to the person or thing that Time believes has most influenced culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill.

Time says the outcry for democratic politics became globalised this year and protesters made history.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Washington DC.

Associated Press

‘The Protester’ has been named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2011. The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States. (Dec. 14)

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Time Magazine has announced who they’ve picked for Person of the Year. It is the protester. The protester, in context of this year, is one who is angered by corruption, westernized in thought, either longing for democracy and personal freedom, or a graduate with no job… rising against the elite. The protesters also comprised women, crying out against oppression, wanting to enjoy basic rights like the right to drive. All these people had one thing in common… access to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. 1989 was once known as a year of global protests. The Berlin Wall fell and China had the Tiananmen Revolts. But never has the world seen unrest spread the way it did in 2011. That is why 2011 is being called the “Year of Global Indignation,” and none of this would have been possible without the protester.

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Time magazine reveals its Person of the Year 2011
Magazine’s editors choose ‘The Protester’ as figure having the greatest impact
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Time magazine revealed the 2011 choice for its iconic Person of the Year cover live on TODAY Wednesday. The Protester is this year’s choice, managing editor Rick Stengel told Matt Lauer and Ann Curry.

“There was a lot of consensus among our people,” Stengel told the TODAY anchors as he revealed the magazine’s cover. “It felt right.”

As it has for the past 84 years, the weekly newsmagazine selected the person (or sometimes group, or thing) that its editors deemed had the single greatest impact during the past year, for better or for worse.

Time’s Person of the Year has been a perennial topic of year-end debate ever since aviator Charles Lindbergh was chosen the first Man of the Year back in 1927 (the title was amended to Person of the Year in 1999). But the title is not necessarily an accolade; while many presidents, political leaders, innovators and captains of industry have been cited, some of the more notorious Persons of the Year include Adolf Hitler in 1938, Joseph Stalin in 1943 and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. There have also been more conceptual choices, such as “the American Fighting-Man” (1950), “Middle Americans” (1969), and this year’s choice, The Protester.

Why TIME Chose “The Protester” as Person of the Year 2011

Managing editor Richard Stengel talks with Kurt Andersen, author of our cover story, about the decision to recognize the global protest movements of 2011 in TIME’s Person of the Year issue.

Burma’s Journalists Say Censorship Relaxed but Still Strong

Burma’s notorious censors have relaxed their tight grip on the media this year, although journalists are still by no means able to freely report. VOA’s Daniel Schearf traveled to Rangoon last week and spoke with Eleven Media Group’s Chief Editor Wai Phyo about how the censorship process has changed and what remains the same.

UK historic papers go online

Nov.29, 2011 – The British Library is having its newspaper collection digitized and put on line as an archive accessible to the public all over the world. Penny Tweedie reports

Old vs. New — Newspapers vs.the Internet

Is the Internet killing newspapers? Take a look at this political animation to see how things will shake out when it comes to old media vs. new, blogging, twitter and citizen journalism! Whether you want micropayments or good ol’ fashioned dead trees, this political cartoon is here to help.

Arab Spring Brings Successes and Setbacks for Media Freedom

The Arab Spring uprisings successfully uprooted several long-standing authoritarian governments in the Middle East and North Africa, and led to elections in Tunisia, and next month in Egypt. But the shift from decades of authoritarian rule to a more open and free society has been bumpy in some cases. And challenges to press freedom persist across the region. VOA’s William Ide has more from Washington

Pune firing: No considerable action against cops

The cops who were clearly seen aiming revolvers at farmers in Pune have got off with a mere suspension. This has started another political storm.

‘It’s getting ugly’: Media guilty verdicts replace justice in US?

Being proved innocent in court can pale into insignificance in America, especially when a guilty verdict is already at large in the media.

Freed journalist tells of beatings in a Syrian jail

A journalist for Al Jazeera has spoken of her harrowing ordeal while being held for nearly three weeks in a Syrian jail.

Despite foreign journalists being banned from entering the country Dorothy Parvaz tried, but was quickly arrested.

Brother Ali – Uncle Sam Goddamn (2007)

LYRICS:

Ah,
The name of this song is uncle sam goddamn
It’s a show tune but the show ain’t been written for it yet.
We’re gonna see if Tony Jerome and the band
Can maybe work this shit out for me
And straighten me out right quick
I like it so far man

Yeah

Come on, let’s go

Welcome to the united snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
Grand imperial guard where
The dollar is sacred and proud

No Royal Wedding Day on Russia Today

Do you care about the Royal Wedding? Neither do we! RT is mourning the media madness of this culture-clutching calamity by forgoing the expected coverage route and offering you this instead.

Russia Today then proceeds to cover the royal wedding, but cynically.

Royal Wedding madness grips DC

‘Twas the morning of the Royal Wedding and all through DC, hundreds and hundreds sat glued to TV. Americans threw their hearts—and hats—into the British Monarchy in Washington this morning for the marriage of Kate Middleton and Prince William, scooping up memorabilia, fêting the royals and dropping serious money to recreate the royal wedding for themselves.

Royal Wedding: Tuning in to get away

According to Nielsen, over a quarter of all Americans have been following coverage of the Royal Wedding. What about overseas? Hardly. America’s fascination with Harry and Kate has outshined interest in both the UK and Australia. Why is this the case? Georgetown University Professor Chris Chambers says that this ratings builder is being capitalized on by mainstream media as outlets everywhere market a distraction that Americans are gladly eating up.

12,000 journalists cover Royal Wedding freakshow

As many Americans eat up the Royal Wedding, those on the other side of the spectrum are left wondering why? Author Mark Oppenheimer weighs in on the media blitz surrounding Harry and Kate’s sideshow nuptials, and how commemorative cupcakes are just a sampling of America’s outrageous overindulgence.

Wikileaks and Guantanamo Bay

‘Most Guantanamo prisoners were no threat’

Most of the prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay were either innocent or posed little threat, according to official US documents leaked by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

The files show that about 220 of the detainees were classed as “dangerous terrorists”, While 150 Afghan and Pakistani prisoners were later determined to be innocent.

Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari takes a closer look at just who these men are.

Al Jazeera cameraman ‘interrogated’ about network

Sami al-Hajj was working as an Al Jazeera cameraman when he was arrested in late 2001 and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

One file in the newly released trove of leaked US military documents shows that al-Hajj, held at Guantanamo for six years, was detained partly in order to be interrogated about the news network.

He speaks to Al Jazeera’s Nick Clark about the documents.

MEGAPOST: The Wire – Behind the Scenes

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