On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:38 PM, John Gulick wrote:
> Is it just me, or did the Mexican presidential election get less attention in the US press (left and mainstream) this year than in 2006 and 1994, and arguably 2000? If so, why is this? The increasing provincialism and vacuity of the US media, and/or superficiality and illiteracy of its audience? The fact that there were no significant social movement explosions in the run-up to the election (unlike '94 and '06)? The declining interest in Latin America given the waning of the Pink Tide? Or I am just projecting the thinness of substantive discussion on lbo-talk onto the mediascape?
I plead guilty. I paid it next to no attention, and I'm not sure why. I spent a lot of time in the 90s and early 00s being interested in Mexico, but maybe the rot of the US has forced my gaze inward? I don't know.