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Home > Uncovering Mexico > Archives > 2008 > February > 06 > Entry
Mexican media: advantage Hillary
Mexican papers, most of them at least, are giving the victory to Hillary Clinton in last night’s Super Tuesday elections, which were followed rather breathlessly south of the border. The front page of the influential daily El Universal features a huge photo of a pumped up Clinton addressing the crowd with the headline, “They voted for experience.”
La Cronica also featured a jazzed Clinton, juxtaposed with a somber photo of Barack Obama looking like his pet dog had just died. The headline was a little more restrained: “Hillary triumphs, but doesn’t deliver the knockout blow.” Both the Excelsior and Reforma newspapers featured large photos of the celebrating Clinton rally, without any visuals of the Obama fever in Chicago.
Only the left-leaning daily La Jornada newspaper took a different approach, casting last night’s primaries and caucuses in terms of Obama’s sudden surge. La Jornada was the only major metro to feature a smiling Obama on the front page and ran this headline, sure to warm the hearts of Obama’s many Mexican supporters: “Obama frustrates Hillary’s Super Tuesday hopes.”
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By Apphouse50
February 6, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
She’d sell her own daughter down the river if she thought it would help her. Before South Carolina she thought she’d been the first Black First Lady. That lasted only as long as African-Americans bought into Bill’s “I’m your daddy” schtick. Proceed with Hillary at your own risk.
By Anna
February 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Thanks for pointing out the “spin” at work. Many mainstream papers in the U.S. are focusing on Mike Huckabee’s unexpected victories rather than acknowledging Obama’s incredible surge and success.
By Jay
February 6, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this
You are both out of your minds, Obama is the media darling and all they talk about is him and bash Hillary. The reason for this is that anything anyone says in a negative tone towards Obama is deemed racist. Everyone forgets that the Clintons are the only democrats to beat the Republicans in a Presidential race in over 30 years. If Obama Loses they will be the only Democrats to win in almost 40, think about it as you eat your Republican Talking points as they convince Democrats to eat their own in the Clinton’s and most weak kneed Dems eat it up at their own perill.