Posted on 08/28/2005 10:38:16 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
London 28.08.05 | The reporters covering Venezuelan events for international news outlets are a very dodgy bunch. From former BBC Venezuelan 'expert' Richard Gott, a sycophantic Chavez fan and former KGB informant, to the NYT enfant terrible Juan Forero, we have witnessed how the political affinities of these individuals keep blocking the way to the attainment of objective journalism and reporting. Only this week; The Guardian, The NYT, The Washington Post, the BBC and now Reuters have produced a string of astonishingly biased articles that not only are riddled with inaccuracies, furthermore continue hammering upon the simplistic premise that Chavez is good and his opponents, whomever and wherever these may be, are evil.
There was a march yesterday in Caracas. According to international media opponents and supporters of Hugo Chavez clashed, leaving six injured. Reuters released a picture with the following captioning "A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds his injured head after being hit by a stone during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela August 27, 2005" (sic).
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I await Reuters' caption correction.
DUH
Don't hold your breath waiting for the correction.
All you'll hear here is that Pat Robertson is secretly working for the Bush administration.
What? Are you questioning the veracity and honesty of the MSM ??? Why, how could you??? (/barf bucket sarcasm)
Do they work for CNN?....;o)
The MSM are ALL liberal Democrats. Why do ALL of them have to be Dems? Why won't they hire just one Republican? Don't they see they have no credibility left? Do they care?
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