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To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup - FAIR
The Guardian () pretends not to understand the difference between overthrowing a government and arresting someone for overthrowing a government.One can imagine an editor of the London-based Guardian () shaking her head sadly as she typed the headline: “Cycle of Retribution Takes Bolivia’s Ex-President From Palace to Prison Cell.” The subhead told readers, “Jeanine Áñez’s government once sought to jail the country’s former leader Evo Morales for terrorism and sedition—now she faces the same charges.”The Guardian article by wants us to lament an alleged incapacity of Bolivian...… The Guardian () pretends not to understand the difference between overthrowing a government and arresting someone for overthrowing a government.One can imagine an editor of the London-based Guardian () shaking her head sadly as she typed the headline: “Cycle of Retribution Takes Bolivia’s Ex-President From Palace to Prison Cell.” The subhead told readers, “Jeanine Áñez’s government once sought to jail the country’s former leader Evo Morales for terrorism and sedition—now she faces the same charges.”The Guardian article by wants us to lament an alleged incapacity of Bolivian...WW…
Manufacturing Disgrace: Reuters Distorts Chevron v. Donziger - FAIR
“While not disputing that pollution occurred, Chevron has alleged the villagers’ lawyer, Steven Donziger, and his associates went too far,” Reuters (1/20/17) reported.Independent journalist Chris Hedges (ScheerPost, ) wrote:The flagrant corruption and misuse of the legal system to abjectly serve corporate interests in the Donziger case illustrates the deep decay within our judiciary and democratic institutions.One of those deeply decayed institutions is the corporate media, as a review of several years of Reuters of the case illustrates.Attorney Steven Donziger has been under since...… “While not disputing that pollution occurred, Chevron has alleged the villagers’ lawyer, Steven Donziger, and his associates went too far,” Reuters (1/20/17) reported.Independent journalist Chris Hedges (ScheerPost, ) wrote:The flagrant corruption and misuse of the legal system to abjectly serve corporate interests in the Donziger case illustrates the deep decay within our judiciary and democratic institutions.One of those deeply decayed institutions is the corporate media, as a review of several years of Reuters of the case illustrates.Attorney Steven Donziger has been under since...WW…
Reuters (Unsurprisingly) Looks Away as Ecuador Tries to Outlaw Opposition Parties - FAIR
When Venezuela threatened to make parties that boycotted local elections re-register, Reuters () thought that was important news. Ecuador actually suspending opposition parties wasn’t as newsworthy.routinely buries information that would badly damage the reputation of US allies in the Americas. Whether those allies are bureaucrats from the Organization of American States and the dictatorship they helped install in Bolivia (FAIR.org, ), violent protesters in Nicaragua (FAIR.org, ) or Venezuelan politicians who support lethal US sanctions on their own country (FAIR.org, ), the...… When Venezuela threatened to make parties that boycotted local elections re-register, Reuters () thought that was important news. Ecuador actually suspending opposition parties wasn’t as newsworthy.routinely buries information that would badly damage the reputation of US allies in the Americas. Whether those allies are bureaucrats from the Organization of American States and the dictatorship they helped install in Bolivia (FAIR.org, ), violent protesters in Nicaragua (FAIR.org, ) or Venezuelan politicians who support lethal US sanctions on their own country (FAIR.org, ), the...WW…
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