The “War Next Door” Escalates

In a piece ran by NBC Evening News in Oct, 2010, the broadcast news corporation said Mexico is in peril and provided awareness on the escalating violence there over drug money, in what NBC calls, “The War Next Door.”

Many disparaging images of crime scenes and grieving relatives were used amid an overall tone of concern and alarm at the violence that had rapidly exploded in 8 cities across Mexico. The President of Mexico was shown addressing the public and expressing his condolences upon the losses of their loved ones.

I did not detect and public relations efforts in the story, only news. The war has U.S. ramifications as one of the attacks was on an American-owned company right near the border.

There were no encouraging words expressed and no signs of relief or hope for an end to the violence and the brutal incidents being directed against the Mexican state.