I liked your article, but I´m not sure it is accurate to say it is a fake news vortex if Latinus actually does real investigation but few people see them or if serious pundits criticize the disasters of the AMLO administration with real data to support it. Like you say its more an echo chamber or bubble. Had no idea Atypical was such garbage. For some time I have been thinking chilangocentrismo is a disease for public life. In mainstream media the only elections were the presidential one and for Mexico City. I think these guys are authoritarians and even I found the Venezuela dictatorship line to be off putting. It is also quite dumb for US news outlets to conclude that since Morena won by landslide everyone is actually happy.
Whether or not to include Latinus was a bit of a debate. We opted for it ultimately because, as mentioned, it does some serious and necessary journalism but its entire bent and line-up is geared towards its anti-government stance—blinding it to much of what is going on on the ground that people love about AMLO. They are reminiscent of Fox News in a way; part some good journalism and part propaganda outfit.
There is legitimate cause for worry, especially now that Morena and its allies have an easy path towards constitutional reform. Of course, particularly worrying are the proposed reforms to the Supreme Court and INE based on the government's antagonism to those two independent counterweights. That is why I have focused so much on the opposition: Mexico deserved a fighting chance to properly scrutinise and temper Morena's reforms. The Alliance's utter failure to properly stand up to Morena is something the rest of Mexico will now have to pay for. (I covered this a bit in a piece for Time right before the election: https://time.com/6983054/mexico-election-sheinbaum-morena/ )
"The Mexican peso fell to four-year lows". Provocative and interesting article but the Peso is simply back to September 2023 levels, so this needs correcting. I do not think the role of journalism is to reflect public opinion, but to write the truth. There have been plenty of popular politicians that were rightly criticized when popular, and many of AMLO's policies (Train Maya, refinery, fossil fuels, attacks on judiciary, crime strategy, etc. etc) merit repudiation and criticism. But journalists and elites do need to understand public opinion. June 2 2024 was Mexico's BREXIT moment - the elites woke up and realized they did not understand their own country. And Brexit was 52/48, this was 59/28 so far less forgivable.
You're quite right. What seemed to be the issue ultimately is that the opposition media losing track of the popular opinion was in part a symptom of them losing grasp of "reality on the ground". Krauze was on Latinus yesterday talking about the need for a new opposition party—he's probably right, but it will need to be one built from the street up, to avoid making the same mistakes under new party initials.
I liked your article, but I´m not sure it is accurate to say it is a fake news vortex if Latinus actually does real investigation but few people see them or if serious pundits criticize the disasters of the AMLO administration with real data to support it. Like you say its more an echo chamber or bubble. Had no idea Atypical was such garbage. For some time I have been thinking chilangocentrismo is a disease for public life. In mainstream media the only elections were the presidential one and for Mexico City. I think these guys are authoritarians and even I found the Venezuela dictatorship line to be off putting. It is also quite dumb for US news outlets to conclude that since Morena won by landslide everyone is actually happy.
Whether or not to include Latinus was a bit of a debate. We opted for it ultimately because, as mentioned, it does some serious and necessary journalism but its entire bent and line-up is geared towards its anti-government stance—blinding it to much of what is going on on the ground that people love about AMLO. They are reminiscent of Fox News in a way; part some good journalism and part propaganda outfit.
What is your take on the Constitutional reform proposed by the outgoing President and apparently endorsed by the President elect?
There is legitimate cause for worry, especially now that Morena and its allies have an easy path towards constitutional reform. Of course, particularly worrying are the proposed reforms to the Supreme Court and INE based on the government's antagonism to those two independent counterweights. That is why I have focused so much on the opposition: Mexico deserved a fighting chance to properly scrutinise and temper Morena's reforms. The Alliance's utter failure to properly stand up to Morena is something the rest of Mexico will now have to pay for. (I covered this a bit in a piece for Time right before the election: https://time.com/6983054/mexico-election-sheinbaum-morena/ )
"The Mexican peso fell to four-year lows". Provocative and interesting article but the Peso is simply back to September 2023 levels, so this needs correcting. I do not think the role of journalism is to reflect public opinion, but to write the truth. There have been plenty of popular politicians that were rightly criticized when popular, and many of AMLO's policies (Train Maya, refinery, fossil fuels, attacks on judiciary, crime strategy, etc. etc) merit repudiation and criticism. But journalists and elites do need to understand public opinion. June 2 2024 was Mexico's BREXIT moment - the elites woke up and realized they did not understand their own country. And Brexit was 52/48, this was 59/28 so far less forgivable.
You're quite right. What seemed to be the issue ultimately is that the opposition media losing track of the popular opinion was in part a symptom of them losing grasp of "reality on the ground". Krauze was on Latinus yesterday talking about the need for a new opposition party—he's probably right, but it will need to be one built from the street up, to avoid making the same mistakes under new party initials.
(Correction has been made; thanks for flagging).