- Countries:
- Brazil
- Topics:
- Indigenous, Media
- Languages:
- Portuguese
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“It's incredibly interesting to see how differently the same event can be reported. That was certainly the case last week when the Indians gathered to protest the building of dams along the Xingu River in the Amazon basin”. Lou Gold takes a look at the Brazilian mainstream media and compares it with the same issue as reported by blogs and NGOs, which “have been struggling to deliver the deeper messages.”
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