On January 7, 2009 ABC decided to air  yet another  story about Pat Weber’s incident in Baja.    ABC portrayed the story as if it happened yesterday in the middle of Rosarito Beach.   When in fact, that incident  happened 3 hrs south of Ensenada  in a remote area in September 2007.

 

If you GOOGLE  these key words:  ‘Pat Weber Baja’  you’ll see that this same story has been reported, re-reported, re-re-re-reported  in the US media  via TV, Natl and local Newspapers, AP etc since Oct 2007.   GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS RETURNED  13 pages/10 articles on each page about Pat Weber’s horrible  experience.  Yet ABC's ‘news’ reporting gives the impression that it just happened and incidences like theirs are happening over, and over and over again.  Yes it was horrible what happened to Pat Weber,  but  random violence happens everywhere.   Why doesn't the media report per capita statistics.  I challenge the media to do some real investigating  reporting and find a violent crime against a American born (not Mexican national turned US Citizen) not associated in any way   with the drug trade  in the last year (2008) in Rosarito/TJ area.    They can’t. That is why they have to keep reporting about Pat Weber – the one true born and raised American that something bad happened to.   

 

I’m an American living in Baja with my 6 year old daughter and husband.   We live and travel freely in Rosarito and cross the border weekly WITHOUT FEAR.   My daughter goes to a private bi-lingual school and we drive her to meet her school bus in Rosarito every morning. We live in a community of 30,000+ Americans that DO NOT LIVE IN FEAR IN MEXICO.  Why don’t they do a story about  the us?  Because FEAR sells !

 

Fact: the 50 US citizens that ABC reported that are being targeted are MEXICAN nationals who happen to have  US Citizenship.  In other words, they are Mexicans that have US citizenship. Yet, the media never explains that fact.  They just portray them as ‘Americans’ and they make sure the  word “American” is in your headline to maximize the fear factor.   Truth is:  They are Mexican nationals that are either part of the drug trade or have lots of enemies.

 

Fact:  Pat Weber did not use 'any common sense' when traveling in Mexico; parked in an isolated area, and put himself in 'jeopardy's way'. Those who know Pat personally in my community do not give him much credibility AND believe he was out there to promote his business.  Most of the Americans living in Baja 'full-time' place the majority of the blame  on Pat Weber  who did not use common sense when traveling in Mexico. 

 

 The media’s slanted and gross misrepresentation on the truth is appalling.   Where are the dates, times, places, un-bias statistics  in your story  ?  I know that fear mongering helps their ratings but, if the media would realize that because of their irresponsible reporting, they are causing unwarranted suffering to the hard working people of Mexico who depend on tourism.  Because of the sensational reporting about Mexico, the people of this community are having a hard time maintaining their businesses and supporting their family.     

 

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