Doug Gets It Wrong Yet Again

[doncoulter]

Doug Bower reported the following on his blog last night:

The violence creating an atmosphere of insecurity in the capital city of Guanajuato is coming increasingly closer to the downtown historic district. Early Saturday morning (11/27/10) a group of seven men assaulted young people who were walking near el Teatro Principal y la plazuela Jorge Negrete. The victims were beaten and though police responded, two of the police were severly injured requiring medical treatment.

Doug's report is a rough translation of the first paragraph of an article from the Correo newspaper. Formerly, Doug used Google Translate to render such articles into English. It appears that in this case he added a few tweaks of his own?resulting in two errors in the final sentence quoted above.

First, the original article does not say that ?the victims were beaten.? It says that one of them was struck or hit. Second, the original article does not say that two police officers were ?severly? (or even severely) injured. Rather than characterize the injuries, it describes them in some detail. I would call the injuries minor. Read the article and judge for yourself.

I certainly do not wish to minimize the seriousness of street crime in Guanajuato, which indeed appears to be on the rise. A friend of mine was recently assaulted here. Such crime concerns me; I hope it concerns everyone. However, the first duty of anyone reporting on such crime is to be accurate. Exaggerating the amount or severity of street crime is alarmist and irresponsible.

Meanwhile, Doug?s previous blog post, regarding the number of children murdered in Mexico, remains uncorrected.

Don Coulter
?Reading Doggie Bow-Wow So You Don?t Have To?

[mr bill]

Good fact-checking Don.

You know one can draw other conclusions from the Correo article.


Having, at Doggie-Bow-Wow's repeated urging improved my fake-pat Spanish to the point I can read the article without the aid of Google Translate, one can learn that once advised of need GTO's finest are rapid responders, ready to intervene and successful in taking one of the aggressors into custody as well as recovering [in part] the belongings of the victims. Perhaps DBW should call for more activity along the lines of the need for Neighborhood Watches rather than his constant haranguing, fear and crime mongering?

[doncoulter]

Excellent points, Mr. Bill. I too was impressed by the rapid response of Guanajuato's Chicos en Azul.

Don

[meroberts]

Good for you Don! Thanks for watching!

I wonder what the agencies below would think of Doug?s erroneous reporting?

http://www.guanajuato.gob.mx/gto/seguridad-justicia.php
http://www.vamosaguanajuato.com/gto/esp/?mod=contacto
http://www.sectur.gob.mx/swb/secturing/Comentarios

[Track Anything]

It probably seems minor until there is blood on your doorstep, and criminals threatening violence on your property.

MIKE, SORRY TO HEAR THAT HAPPENED, GTO USED TO BE SO TRANQUIL :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummnOoSfd...4B&index=7

IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOME SOUND WEAPONS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY HAVE MURDERED MORE THAN MOST WARS...28,000 + :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5imaJwfJMZ8


WHY NOT JUST STOP PRODUCING BULLETS?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIlAWp2Tp...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXYkTo-_M...re=related


FRANK VILLA