In his speech he said that "the Latin American press, with honorable exceptions like always, is bad, very bad" and he claimed to be a victim of a "media lynching". 
Katika hotuba yake alisema "vyombo vya habari katika Bara la Amerika ya Kusini, ukiacha mifano michache kama ilivyo kawaida, ni vibovu, vibovu sana" na akadai kuwa mhanga wa "kufa kwa vyomvo vya habari".