Posted on 05/01/2019 5:52:57 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
CNN and BBC were taken off the air by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduros government as violent protests broke out in the South American country.
Spurred on by an early morning speech by interim President Juan Guaidó, demonstrators massed in the streets of Caracas demanding that Maduro relinquish control of the country. As videos of the violence began to proliferate, CNN International was taken down after airing footage of gunfire and military vehicles running over protesters. A clip posted on social media purported to show the moment that the channel was pulled.
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I wish he could do it here.
This one noble act cannot make up for the many bad that Maduro has committed...
even a murderous dictator can stumble upon a correct decision.
Oh snap. That should put CNN's rating into negative numbers, right?
Now they have to pay their advertisers for commercials.
Not good.
My feeling is that the Russians have taken over. I hate to say this but we should be putting boots on the ground in Venezuela.
I thought John McCain died...
Right!? I thought Maduro was pure evil, and here he is making a humanitarian move.
I hate to say this but we should be putting boots on the ground in Venezuela.
Absolutely not. Venezuelans vote themselves into this mess. Now its time for them to shoot their way out of it.
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Yes, indeed.
Its hard to find out whats happening in VZ now, because the media is busy protecting Maduro by quietly accepting their banishment from airtime.
I speak Spanish so I can get info from other sources, but internationally, this sort of shuts down English language coverage.
Why would he go after his friends?
Was Sean Penn there?
But Trump represents a imminent threat to the free press, eh, CNN?
Acosta is busy taking pictures of Acosta sitting in a sound studio reading Acosta’s book
If you’re angling for membership in the
Gut-Feeling (No Girls Allowed) Club,
that post might have put you over the top.
Maybe this guy isn’t so bad after all.
They will still support Muduro
IS CNN still defending Maduro?
It says something about the content of CNN/BBC when Maduro kept them on for so long.
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