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Article: El Nuevo Herald Provides a Latin American Take On the News.
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- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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At its sister newspaper, The Miami Herald, news judgments are different.
"Jubilo en Miami"--Joy in Miami--read a front-page headline in El Nuevo Herald during the height of the Elian Gonzalez saga. That day, El Nuevo Herald, the premier Spanish-language paper in Miami, chose to focus on the relief felt by many because the little boy remained in the United States, although his Miami relatives had defied a court order to return him to authorities.
That same day, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald's sister paper, ran a much more somber, straight-laced headline: "Family Defies Order."
Which newspaper was right? Each one thought it had it right, and ...