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The Mexican drug war is fueled by American consumption of Mexican drugs — Americans are stoners, one in five of us use pot, says New Yorker writer Steve Coll. Where does our pot come from? Mexico, mostly. Read Coll’s smart commentary here. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2011/11/mexico-drug-war.html
I’m telling you all this so you’ll know why media outlets all over the USA were scrambling to get in touch with the mysterious West African friend, to get his side of the story. The problem, though, was that no one knew his name, or where he was detained.
For years, this journalist has tried to avoid what we in the j-world call “flaks” — they have a lot of other names, too. Communications specialists. Public information officers. Publicists. We journos sneak around publicists if we think they’re trying to keep us from the truth. But there are very good publicists, too, who help [...]
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