http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-investigates/2011/06/01/monterrey%e2%80%99s-drug-war-madness-cripples-model-city/ Insight and investigations from our expert reporters Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-investigates/2011/06/01/monterrey%e2%80%99s-drug-war-madness-cripples-model-city/comment-page-1/#comment-415 elgecko Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:28:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/the-deep-end/?p=1242#comment-415 It's just ridiculous to go around saying that if Monterrey falls, Mexico falls. First of all, what does it mean to "fall?" To have a decline? Lot's of places have declined in Mexico due to the violence, and yet most of the country remains quite pleasant. The decline in the news industry and the hazards of professional journalism in violent times have left Mexico sadly abandoned by any real or effective international coverage of a complex problem. We are left with this kind of story which is neither informative, nor interesting. It’s just ridiculous to go around saying that if Monterrey falls, Mexico falls. First of all, what does it mean to “fall?” To have a decline? Lot’s of places have declined in Mexico due to the violence, and yet most of the country remains quite pleasant. The decline in the news industry and the hazards of professional journalism in violent times have left Mexico sadly abandoned by any real or effective international coverage of a complex problem. We are left with this kind of story which is neither informative, nor interesting.

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