Talk:The News (Mexico City)

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I'm glad The News is back in operation. I miss it...especially the culture that sprang up around it. I wonder if the Ana Capri restaurant is still there....I wonder if the bar is still on the corner...I sure do miss Mexico City and working there...

66.90.244.135 09:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section Headings[edit]

NOTE THAT THESE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND/OR CHANGED AS OF JULY 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorothy McCormick (talk • contribs) 23:02, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These section headings aren't very helpful. "Roller-coaster Ride" and "The More Things Changed, the More They Remained the Same," sound more like chapters of a book than section headings for an encyclopedia. 152.7.15.87 (talk) 16:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever wrote this article had no idea about who and what he was talking about, example; Jose Antonio Oa'Farrill avila was not a son of Romulo Sr. Was the older son of Romulo Jr., I can see a lot of hate and intentions to confuse readers, The story and historical data are just not accurate.

Raul O'Farrill —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.9.250.96 (talk) 21:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page created by "The News" staff?[edit]

This wikipedia page seems to have been written by staff of the newspaper. Can anyone confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.243.169.73 (talk) 17:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote some of the copy and would appreciate it if my name was not eliminated from the staff list every few weeks. I worked at the paper for more than a decade and if someone posting doesn't like me, that's one thing, but don't change history. I was national editor, taking over for Roberto Mena for awhile in the late 80s, and was also a reporter, section editor, and worked on the desk for more than 7 years. The paper did not begin with Dan Dial, Pat Nelson and the late 80s crowd. F.L. 24.153.206.155 (talk) 22:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At last there is some balance in the editing of The News section. I have many additional names of reporters and editors who worked for the publication taken, in part, from Sheri's compilation published in the early 1980s. Let's honor all who have served and often sacrificed at The News. Boy...I could write a book about my experiences at The News. Redstar1945 (talk) 06:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That article really does sound like someone's memiors. Can we get some citations here? Czolgolz (talk) 18:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes...the information contained in the entry was compiled by former members of The News Staff. Citations? Much of the information contained could indeed be considered "memoirs." Names of intelligence agency assets who worked at the paper have been witheld to avoid legal entanglements and possible criminal prosecution under U.S.law....But Cuban, Mexican, Israeli and Russian intelligence operatives shared information with some members of the The News staff identifying the CIA and British intelligence assets working with and for the newspaper. Of course this information was confirmed through a number of independent sources and methods. Anyway, many of the former intelligence assets and agents currently have executive positions within the U.S. corporate media. (Copley News Service, The Associated Press,The Hearst Corporation, and the Miami Herald, to name just a few). A good primer on the subject is Manuel Buendia's "The CIA in Mexico," published just before his assasination in broad daylight on the streets of Mexico City. (He outlined the Daniel James CIA recruitment campaign in Mexico).70.243.116.113 (talk) 09:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedic style[edit]

This article sounds like a story or a rant at times. It is poorly written and does not fit the style of Wikipedia. If written by the journalists a the paper, one would hope that they could do better. Pulsopapel (talk) 17:56, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV[edit]

I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:

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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:13, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could use a rewrite…[edit]

This article could use a thorough rewrite. As a former short-term News reporter who got out of there to work for more professional (foreign) news organizations in Mexico, I agree that The News was often wild and unprofessional by western standards. But this article often reads like someone had an axe to grind (and who wouldn’t after working there, and trying to survive in Mexico City?), but it needs more background and footnotes to back many of the allegations up, which shouldn’t be hard to get. Lawrence Kootnikoff (talk) 02:54, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]