The specific context was the massive media campaign to attribute the f...
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- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media whole source · open book
The specific context was the massive media campaign to attribute the failures of the Guatemala City peace agreement of August 1987 to the Sandinistas, in accordance with Reagan administration priorities, on the eve of the crucial congressional vote on renewed contra aid.105 LASA also stresses the fact that Cruz—effectively representing the contras, a segment of the local business community, and the United States—could have run in the Nicaraguan election, with excellent funding, ample media access, and without fear of being murdered.
chapter: 3 Legitimizing versus Meaningless Third World Elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua