How Colombia’s newspapers consistently misinformed the public on the armed conflict
How Colombia’s newspapers consistently misinformed the public on the armed conflict
written by Adriaan Alsema October 18, 2016
Colombia recently rejected a peace deal with the Marxist rebel group FARC partly because systematic media bias has severely distorted public perception of the country’s armed conflict.
When Colombians were asked whether they agreed to make peace with the FARC on October 2, less than 19% said “Yes.” The rest of the electorate rejected the deal either by saying “No” or by not voting at all.
Broad resentment about the FARC’s history of violence and pending judicial leniency were cited as the main reason the public rejected the peace deal.
Curiously, when state-loyal paramilitary group AUC demobilized exactly 10 years ago, there was no protest at all in spite this group receiving far more judicial benefits and money, after having committed considerably more killings and massacres than all guerrilla groups together.
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