The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night – and the International Media Is Asleep At the Switch

Caracas Chronicles ^ | February 20 | Francisco Toro

[kidd]

What we have this morning is no longer the Venezuela story you thought you understood

Seems to be exactly the Venezuela I understood.

Repressive socialist/communist dictatorships have a tendency to repress. Socialism-promoting MSM outlets hide the repression.

[annalex]

The interesting part is that our media never liked Chavez. So that they like the “students” is no surprise. That they, with all the dislike for Chavez, did not report chavista pogroms is, however, a new low. It went against their bedrock principle: Socialism is never violent.

[mad_as_he$$]

True, but in your OP they are talking about random motorcycle riders going around shooting people. Even a reasonably organized neighborhood could stop that in one night. If the Ukrainians can take on APC’s, guys on cycles are easily dealt with. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bbd_1392754437

[Lazamataz]

Here is what you do not understand:

1) The successful Ukrainian revolution is anti-communist. Therefore, the international press reports upon this revolt.

2) The successful Venezuelan state-sponsored repression is pro-communist. Therefore, the international press ignores this repression.

[Cyber Liberty]

I had a simpler formulation, Laz. Ukrainians are basically white, Venezuelans are basically brown. The media has never given two craps about brown people (unless they can be exploited against evil conservatives), and probably never will.

[annalex]

And what makes you think I did not understand? This is exactly the point. The blogger even mentions the Fox that, we thought, should know better.

[Lazamataz]

It was the Royal You. The generic You.

[katana]

Yep, wire strung across a street at cycle rider neck level. Messy but effective.

[annalex]

Royal is “Thee”

:)

[libstripper]

Why we MUST CLING TO OUR GUNS AND AMMO. Does anybody REALLY BELIEVE the Mahdi and his accomplices wouldn’t do the same thing??

[annalex]

And religion.

[mad_as_he$$]

;-)

[annalex]

Some MSM coverage:

Unrest in Venezuela Spawns a Folk Hero

[Billthedrill]

The media aren’t all that difficult to control even here in the States. Tight information flow control, a vigorous disinformation campaign, threats of loss of access to the ruling class, and actual physical threats to street reporters and their editors will work wonders to choke off any free flow of information. It works in Iran, it worked in the Soviet Union.

[annalex]

Yes.

[Dr. Thorne]

Your first statement is wrong. The Ukraine uprising is anti-Russian, not anti-communist. The revolutionaries are socialists and, if they gain control, they will impose a socialist system on Ukraine. They are not free market people.

[Svartalfiar]

I have always found the mindset of being terrified of anyone a motorcycle to be laughable. It is probably the most vulnerable means of movement ever created.

You sacrifice armor for mobility and maneuverability. Situation dependent, a motorcycle is your best transport option.

[gaijin]

Bfl

[annalex]

This thread is not about Ukraine, but I disagree with you. The Ukrainian nationalists made a great effort to explain it to anyone that they mean to harm to the Russians. In Lviv they made pledge to speak Russian for one day; one slogan was something like "We are with Russians by relation, but not with then in slavery". Hundreds of Russians volunteered for Maidan. The Maidan is about civilizational choice away from Sovietism and for European values.

It is true that EU is about managed economy and they don't seem to mind. But they choice for the Ukies is cultural choice; their economy is in such a hole that anything could help.

There is a thread on the current events in Ukraine if you want to argue back: Alarm in Ukraine as Putin Puts Russian Troops on Alert

[William Tell]

katana said: "Messy but effective."

Yes. And on top of everything else, you just may end up with a functional motorcycle with some new scratches and dents on it. What a deal.