Overview : From collusion to confrontation / William A. Orme, Jr., 1. -- A culture of collusion : The ties that bind the press and the PRI / Raymundo Riva Palacio, 21. -- Trial by fire : The Chiapas revolt, the Colosio Assassination and the mexican press in 1994 / Sergio Sarmiento, 33. -- La Gacetilla : How advertising masquerades as news / Joe Keenan, 41. -- Sound bites and soap operas : How mexican television reported the 1994 presidential elections / Barbara presidential elections / Barbara Belajack, 49. -- The eye of the tiger : Emilio Azcárraga and the Televisa Empire / Marjorie Miller and Juanita Darling, 59. -- Televisa north : Spanish-language news in the United States / América rodríguez, 71. -- Balancing act : Surviving as a television reporter in México / Bruno López, 89. -- From intimidation to assassination : Silencing the press / Lucy Conger, 97. -- Mexican news and American diplomacy : U.S. State department monitoring of press freedom violations in México / Mary C. Moyniban, 109. -- The measure of violence : Problems in documentation / Joel Solomon, 121. -- Limits to apertura : prospects for press freedom in the new free-market Mexico / Jorge G. Castañeda, 131. -- Mexican journalists murdered in the line of duty between 1984 and 1995, 141