Power to the People

Foster Hailey's “Peronists Will Head Argentine Ticket" does not paint a rosy picture of the Peróns, especially Evita. With words such as "After first having asked for four days to make up her mind, then twenty-four hours, then two hours, Señora Perón’s last words as she turned from the microphone were, “as General Perón says, we will do what the people want" and "It has been no secret that there has been a serious split within the peronista party over her candidacy", the paper is eager to show the inconsistency, turmoil and dissent occurring with the Peronist Party. The writer is clearly biased, which is not professional at all for a journalist (I studied journalism for two years).
The second document, Dawson mentions, seems to contain words Evita never said and omits the speech she gave directly to the crowd. The document supposedly originates from the Peronist Party. This makes me doubt the validity and existence of certain statements such as "For I always wanted to rub shoulders with the workers, the elderly, the children, and those who suffer, working side by side and heart to heart with them to ensure that they love Perón even more, and to serve as a bridge of peace between Perón and the descamisados of our Fatherland". At first it would seem highly unlikely that someone of her status and wealth would actually claim to have these beliefs and wishes. As I read the third document, which comes from a more trustworthy source, it appears that the aforementioned statement was in fact mentioned by Evita to the crowd. This is very interesting; she did indeed try her best to side with the descamisadas of Argentina and encourage them to see her as one of them. The fourth document gives us her decision in 1951, and her reason why she came to the decision to not run for vice-presidency. She truly put the welfare of her people before her status, something that is very admirable.
It's also very fascinating to see the different views and aspects journalists gave of the renunciamiento, when journalism should be as unbiased as possible, with no conflict of interest or partiality influencing the story.