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By contrast, the Spanish-language papers in the United States covered the issue more heavily in their front pages than their English-language counterparts. But for at least two of the papers, the additional coverage came from wires rather than staff reporters. <\/p>\n\n

Overall, the three largest Spanish-language newspapers averaged 12 articles per paper over the 12 twelve days studied. This was more front-page coverage than in any other country studied, except for the paper in Mexico itself (which ran 20 stories). Still, looking at the ratio of stories to confirmed cases, these papers, like the English-language press, had one of the lowest\u2014one story per every 188 cases. <\/p>\n\n

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Beyond the degree of attention devoted to the flu, coverage in the three papers, each based in cities with distinctly different Spanish-speak<\/p>\n\n

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ing populations, varied considerably.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Los Angeles based La Opini\u00f3n, whose audience is more heavily Mexican-American than some other Spanish-language papers,\u00a0 had the greatest number of front-page stories over the two-week time period\u201414 in all. What\u2019s more, all but one were staff reported rather than from wires\u2014as opposed to the other two Spanish-language dailies, which relied heavily on outside copy. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n

La Opini\u00f3n also was the only one of the three Spanish-language dailies to focus more on stories outside of the U.S. than within. Of the 14 articles the paper ran, half (seven) focused exclusively on Mexico, four on the U.S. and three with a mix of international focuses.<\/p>\n\n

In the first days of the outbreak, the paper gave relatively equal weight to the two countries, with one staff-produced front page article each day dedicated to the situation in the United States and one to the state of the epidemic in Mexico. With headlines such as \u201cMexican Economy Affected,\u201d accompanied by a photo of a Mexican mariachi musician wearing the now-famous blue facemask and \u201cEmergency in California over Swine Flu\u201d the paper conveyed the full extent of the public\u2019s alarm in Mexico while also informing readers of the U.S. government\u2019s response. <\/p>\n\n

As week two began, though, coverage of the situation in Mexico took precedence. Front-page stories reported on problems in the Mexican public health system, the flu\u2019s effect on the lives of Mexicans and Mexico\u2019s attempts to return to normalcy by restarting classes and work. <\/p>\n\n

For El Nuevo Herald, which targets the Cuban-heavy Hispanic population of Miami, the majority of the coverage was U.S.-based with the greatest emphasis on the local community.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n

An April 30 article reported, \u201cPossible Cases of Swine Flu Found in South Florida,\u201d while a later piece explored the impact the flu had on businesses in South Florida. Yet another, on May 5, provided information on local school closures. <\/p>\n\n

This was followed the next day with the update: \u201cFederal health officials said yesterday that the influenza virus does not seem to be as dangerous as originally thought and that schools should stay open including when they have confirmed cases of the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Staff reporters produced nearly all of the stories concerning the local comm
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but national and international reports tended to come directly from the Associated Press and McClatchy wire services. On the first day PEJ studied (April 27), the paper ran a McClatchy article, \u201cSt<\/p>\n\n

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ate of Emergency Over Swine Flu,\u201d which detailed the national situation and government response. And the following day\u2019s coverage included an Associated Press article outlining the response by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other countries, with heavy emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n

The local community was also at the heart of coverage from New York based El Diario\/La Prensa. But here, the coverage drew attention to the social and cultural impact of the virus. A May 1 article headlined \u201cHelp in Times of Crisis\u201d displayed a large picture of a mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted in the Bronx by a monastery to give Mexicans hope in the middle of the outbreak. And the May 4 front page, in anticipation of the Cinco de Mayo Holiday, showed Mexicans dancing in a rainy New York street dressed in traditional festive attire\u00a0 with the headline \u201cOutbreak of Happiness: The Flu nor Rain Keep Mexicans from Celebrating 5 de Mayo.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

El Diario was also the one paper PEJ studied that relied more heavily on community activists and citizens as sources. The other papers–especially the international ones–turned mostly to government officials and health experts.<\/p>\n\n

One topic to which El Diario\/La Prensa devoted staff resources was Jay Severin, a controversial Boston-based talk radio host who was suspended after making racist comments against Mexican immigrants, blaming them for the virus crossing over to the U.S. In discussing the flu\u2019s spread to the U.S. on his show, Severin referred to Mexican immigrants as \u201cleeches,\u201d \u201cthe world\u2019s lowest of primitives\u201d and exporters of \u201cwomen with mustaches and VD.\u201d Three separate articles called Severin to task. The first, on April 30, began, \u201cFor conservative talk radio hosts in Boston, those responsible for the expansion of the swine flu to the U.S. are no more and no less than undocumented immigrants, specifically Mexicans.\u201d The final May 6 headline left no readers wondering about the paper\u2019s take on the episode: \u201cComments of a pig,\u201d above, a picture of Jay Severin.\u00a0 <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By contrast, the Spanish-language papers in the United States covered the issue more heavily in their front pages than their English-language counterparts. But for at least two of the papers, the additional coverage came from wires rather than staff reporters. 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