Through research, reporting, news and interviews, “Imaginary Lines”analyzes the coverage offered by the mass commercial media in the Global North as compared to how the same stories are reported from a perspective of the Global South. Today's edition begins with a look at the report Freedom of the Press 2015. Issued by Freedom House, report reflects the bias and tendentious approach of the Washington, D.C-based conservative think tank. For its authors, media concentration in the hands of the wealthy elite and lack of real diversity in the mass media don't appear to be factors worthy of consideration .... On May 23, Salvadoran "bishop of the poor" Monsignor Oscar Romero will be beatified, a likely step to sainthood. Romero was archbishop of San Salvador and a critic of the death squad backed oligarchy in power in the country at the time. He was assassinated in March 1980 while giving mass. A quarter of a million Salvadorans are expected to attend the ceremony in the country's capital. Imaginary Lines program host Michael Fox interviews San Francisco State University ethnic studies professor Felix Kury, who as an alter boy worked with Romero, on the life of the progressive clergyman and the importance of his beatification. teleSUR
