This is by no means a scientific study, but since the figures were shocking (even by the Canadian propaganda model's standards), I thought I would share an overview of media coverage of Honduras in the week since President Manuel Zelaya's dramatic return, according to a Canadian Newsstand database search.
Search terms used:
"Zelaya," and "Honduras" yielded 55 hits.
Of these 55, 11 were news briefs of one paragraph or less; 34 were reprints of Associated Press (11), Agence France Presse (10), Reuters (9), or New York Times (3) reports.
Three of the remaining ten reports were nominally Canadian, although two of these appear to recapitulations of US coverage, and the remaining one, a twisted rant from extreme rightist columnist David Warren, refers to the illegally overthrown Zelaya as a "totalitarian maniac," who is "being maneuvered back into power by the international left," and, equally falsely claims Zelaya was "deposed under the Honduran constitution."
That leaves seven hits, all of which belong to Gwynne Dyer's disturbingly out-of-touch column, titled 'Zelaya's Democratic Martyr Game.' Over at CMM, Joe Emersberger calls Dyer out on his deranged reportage:
"Independent journalist...have spent months in Honduras interviewing the people involved in resisting the coup...They have uncovered an inspiring movement that is fighting for much more than the restoration of Zelaya – though that is obviously important. I strongly suggest you take a close and open minded look at the material they have produced. Hopefully, after doing so, you will no longer be "played" by Lanny Davis and the incredibly backward faction of the Honduran oligarchy that employs him." [CMM]
Lastly, throughout the week, there was not a single reference to the Canadian government's controversial, de facto pro-coup position on the coup, nor was there any comments from Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon, or Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent (and this includes Dyer, a Canadian ex-pat who, although his columns are often syndicated across the country, rarely bothers to write about, let alone criticize, Canadian policies).