In Response to Caitlin's Blog 11

I think it is amazing that you found this video so quickly. I think that the fact that this video is still around speaks to how important media can be. Your point concerning how this video served to open up peoples eyes rather than reinforce what the population already knew is a really valid great one.It seems crazy to me that the men who beat and murdered Bill Stewart did not bother with the camera man. I do think agree that the fact that the Somoza dictatorship was partially ended with this video is amazing, but I also think that it is a bit ironic. The video made such an impact because of the actions shown in it brutality and disregard for the law. This obviously shocked the United States, including our president. So it does not make sense to me how we can them turn around and justify the funding of the Contra's to destabilize the Sandinista government. The fact that in just a few years we went from being horrified in the face of Bill Stewart's murder to funding the attack on schools and hospitals is astounding. I wonder what the reaction would have been if the rest of the United States had been aware of what was happening?