Posted on 01/27/2005 12:03:27 AM PST by Kitten Festival
The question in this title may seem strange, but there is actually a very strong coincidence. A coworker of mine went last week to Chile to participate in the Pucon half Ironman triathlon, which took place on the same day as Chavez’ sexist remarks about Condoleezza Rice. Since Sunday, I have been trying to find news in the international press about both events, with very limited success.
In the case of the triathlon I was trying to find out how well she did in her category (over 40, ladies) which was never reported by the official website. But so far, I have only found one report in the international press, which is an Australian site reporting on the failure of one of their countryman to win the event. By the way, I did find out through the grapevine that my friend came in third, only a minute away from the leader in her category, but it still has not been reported anywhere in the international press.
The same can be said of Chavez’ sexist remarks about Condoleezza Rice that day. I have been searching the international news with very little success, which was surprising to me given the sexist nature of his remarks and the sensitivity of the world press to such attitudes. To my surprise, this is the only link I have been able to find (actually someone posted it in the comments!) to the story in any major newspaper and it is actually quite short on that particular subject:
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.salon.com ...
The racist liberals in the US media completely ignored this!
It gets worse - a chavista paper ran a cartoon today that is so filthy it's unprintable. The talk is too embarassing to translate. These scumbags have no intention of backing off.
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