Talk:Jaime Bayly

Neutrality of "TV Host" section
Jaime Bayly does harbor some prejudice towards the indigenous people but this is just poltical but not the truth. he has heart of gold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.103.243.226 (talk) 21:26, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I think that the "TV Host" section may be biased and is not properly referenced:

- "Bayly is also notorious for the intensely racist views he harbors against Latin America's indigenous population": this lacks sources and is potentially libellous

- "He constantly pokes fun at Bolivia's first indigeous president, Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian, dismissing him as "dumb" and "backwards.": this gives the impression that fun is made of him because of his condition of being indigenous, which is not verifiable; also, sources lack, especially for the "constantly"

- "After recent protests by indigenous groups in Peru, who were protesting the selling off of their land to foreign corporations, which culminated in a brutal massacre carried out by state security forces, Bayly attacked the indigenous activists as "barbarians.": this lacks sources; "selling off of their land to foreign corporations": this is a very subjective interpretation of the indigenous protest and the legislative work associated with these

- "In early June 2009 Bayly came out in support of the right-wing military coup in Honduras which overthrew the elected, progressive government of Manuel Zelaya. Bayly mocked Zelaya as a "jackass" and stated that he would "not shed tears" over the coup": no references; "right-wing military coup" seems an inappropriate word for the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis; "progressive government" is also subjective, see: Manuel Zelaya

Furthermore, the selection of "events" and "anecdotes" in this section aims at incorrectly drawing a picture of the host as a racist right wing TV presenter.

Anyone who doubts the information being challenged above can simply look for the episodes where Bayly discusses these issues on YouTube. Anyone who sees the episodes relating to Bolivia, the Honduras coup and the recent massacre of indigenous protesters in Peru will see that the information in the Wiki entry is very accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.125.138.10 (talk) 09:19, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

--92.104.50.124 (talk) 23:54, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

The article is CLEARLY biased. Bayly if anything is moderate left wing. He accepts he voted for Obama and he also make fun of Sarah Palin. He does makes fun of Evo Morales but not because he is indian but because he is dumb. Bayly is clearly a liberal, he believes in democracy and in a state of law. I think it should be removed!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.90.62 (talk) 11:17, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

===TERRIBLE AND SHAMEFUL ARTICLE !

It's a SHAME Wikipedia has an article which seems written by Fidel Castro himself. This is the way the great Wikipedia loses credibility by sponsoring this kind of ultra-leftist lies and propaganda. Jaime Bayly is a liberal, he has stated many times he is in favour to give free education and health to all people and the public education should be universal and as good as the best private one ! Go and search for his videos during his campaign ! There is not even a doubt the article is not neautral: this article is GARBAGE and a shame for Wikipedia. MaXiMiLiAnO 09:27, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Neutrality and citations
I find it strange that the above references are challenged only as "biased." To call a person a racist, evidence is needed. And in contrast to the unsigned comments above, the onus is on those making those claims to provide the evidence...not on others to find it. These comments should simply be deleted, would they be tolerated on ANY other wikipedia article? I hesitate to continue, since I don't want it to appear as if I am taking these claims seriously, but the article does state that Bayly is socially Liberal, but politically and economically Conservative. His detractors seem to be conflating his dislike of the political and economic policies of the likes of Hugo Chavez, for example, with a dislike of their ethnicity. It is clearly libel. Unless someone objects, I plan to delete these entries. Rafajs77 (talk) 20:19, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Copy of David Letterman's show?
This is not a very well-done or complete article. I'm sorry that I don't know very much about Bayly, except for his videos on YouTube. In particular, I question the remark that one of his shows was a copy of David Letterman's in the USA. Unless Bayly himself or someone who worked with him confirms that Letterman was an influence, I think it's unfair to include this remark. Yes, they are both talk show hosts who mock current events, and it's probably true that Bayly is familiar with Letterman's show and style, but it's not fair to Bayly to say that his show is a copy. Marzolian (talk) 19:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Early life
There is a contradiction between two statements in the "early life" section: on the one hand it is stated that he dropped out of college in 1982 after watching soccer on TV, but on the other hand it is stated that he went to college for four years before dropping out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.179.144 (talk) 09:19, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

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