Discussion

So why should we care? With Mexico being so close to North America and Americans having more freedom to cross with media freedoms, Americans can enter the journalism warfare. Previously in an example, I posted a U.S. activist-journalist who was murdered in Mexico while covering his story. During a fight in Mexico involving other activist the journalist was shot and killed. His murder was also caught on his camera and was able to highlight the issues worldwide about the violence in Mexico and the problems journalist face while trying to report there.

Another issue could be American journalist reporting on crime and government in Mexico and returning to the U.S. and the crime coming into the U.S. The power that the gangs and government have over the journalists are more powerful and could easily come into the U.S. close to the border. America has many immigrants coming and going across its boarders and some could cause threats to journalists in the U.S. These threats can come not just from Mexico but from the other close countries facing media issues with their journalists. Of the 15 countries in Central America, only 43% are rated free. Because of these restrictions in their own countries, journalists in trouble could turn the the U.S. which could bring the same problems onto U.S. territory.