DNC ADS:

The Democratic National Committee has launched its first-ever Spanish-language media campaign during an off-election year, criticizing President's Bush first 100 days in office. María Cardona, DNC spokesperson, told Weekly Report that the week-long $80,000 media campaign began airing on Telemundo and Univisión May 3 in New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Central Florida. "Working families in the Hispanic community have been left off the Bush Administration's list of top priorities its first 100 days in office," said

DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe. "The compassionate conservatism that President Bush preached on his campaign trial has been replaced with blatant neglect." The following is the text of the ad: George W. Bush: 100 days as president, 100 deceptions.More pollution in the environment. Less workplace safety for workers.He tried to reduce testing for dangerous bacteria in school lunches. He gave 45% of his tax cuts to the richest taxpayers. That is how his rich Republican contributors wanted it. A hundred days -- George W. Bush. The rich Republicans have a president. What about the rest of us?

WHAT ELSE? The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Colombian paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño and President Fidel Castro of Cuba to its 2001 top 10 list of the worst enemies of the press. The list focuses attention on individual leaders who have the worst record of abuses against the press...Knight Ridder CEO Tony Ridder criticized Jay Harris, who resigned in March as the publisher of The San Jose Mercury News because of disagreement over profit margin and quality news coverage with the parent company, stated that the Mercury News may not have been in such financial turmoil if Harris would have reacted more quickly to the slowdown of the Silicon Valley economy...Pre-registration deadline for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' June 20 - 23 convention in Phoenix is May 25.