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- FAIR - Western Media Fall in Lockstep for Cheap Trump/Rubio Venezuela Aid PR Stunt - johnhol February 12, 2019, 3:49 pm
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Posted by johnhol
on February 12, 2019, 3:49 pm
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Begins: he Trump administration’s now completely overt effort to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had a very successful public relations effort this week, as major Western media outlets uniformly echoed its simplistic, pre-packaged claim that the Venezuelan government was heartlessly withholding foreign aid: Tensions Rise as Venezuela Blocks Border Bridge in Standoff Over Aid (CNN, 2/7/19) Maduro Blocks Critical Aid Sent to Venezuela (CNN, 2/7/19) Aid Arrives at Venezuela Border as US Demands Maduro Let It In (ABC News, 2/7/19) Venezuela Crisis: Pompeo Demands Aid Corridor Opened (BBC, 2/7/19) The US Says Maduro Is Blocking Aid to Starving People. The Venezuelan Says His People Aren’t Beggars. (Washington Post, 2/8/19) Humanitarian Aid Arrives for Venezuela — But Maduro Blocks It (NPR, 2/8/19) All of the above articles—and scores more like it—repeated the same script: Maduro was blocking aid from the US “out of refusal to relinquish power,” preferring to starve “his own people” rather than feed them. It’s a simple case of good and evil—of a tyrannical, paranoid dictator not letting in aid to feed a starving population. Except three pieces of key context are missing. Context that, when presented to a neutral observer, would severely undermine the cartoonish narrative being advanced by US media. 1. Both the Red Cross and UN warned the US not to engage in this aid PR stunt. 2. The bridge in question is a visual metaphor contrived by the Trump administration of little practical relevance. 3. The person in charge of US operations in Venezuela has a history of using aid as a cover to deliver weapons to right-wing mercenaries. Continues: https://fair.org/home/western-media-fall-in-lockstep-for-cheap-trump-rubio-venezuela-aid-pr-stunt/nues: |
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