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Colombia: ‘Padding Journalism’

Categories: Latin America, Colombia, Humor, Media & Journalism, Music

In the wake of the death of singer Joe Arroyo [1], Colombian news channel NTN24 featured reactions with actresses [2], models [3], and former beauty queens [4] in English on its website. The video [5] featuring model and presenter Carolina Cruz was heavily mocked on blogs [6] and social media [7]. Journalist Carolina Ruiz questions [es] [8] the value of these interviews and the trivialization of Mr Arroyo's death, while Simón Posada “defends” [es] [9] Ms Cruz blaming the media and the “ugly habit” Colombians have of “mocking everyone's way of speaking.”