Objectivity often takes a back seat to nationalism during the World Cup, something that could certainly be said about the Uruguayan press coverage - or lack thereof - of Luis Suarez's apparent biting incident from Tuesday's 1-0 win over Italy.
None of the major Uruguayan daily newspapers carried any mention of the bite on their front pages, focusing instead on the scoreline and looking ahead to their national team's place in the knockout stage.
El Observador did address the bite on an interior page, but alleged there was not sufficient proof and dismissing photographic evidence of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder as doctored.
One Uruguayan television station posted about the bite on its website, but attempted to explain it away as incidental tooth-to-shoulder contact that was being played up by a vindictive British press attempting to discredit Suarez and convince FIFA to ban him from the tournament.
The post even goes so far as to suggest England's 1966 World Cup victory was illegitimate because the winning goal did not cross the line. How that is related to Suarez's third career biting incident is unclear.
Headlines from the rest of the world treated Suarez as a serial biter and wondered what kind of punishment could ensure he would never do it again. There was no mention of photoshopped evidence or British press agendas, but maybe they're all in on the conspiracy as well, right Uruguay?
