Reply #102: There's your problem right there [View All]

You watch the "news". The brand on television I assume. It is surprising to me, but you are apparently unaware that these "news" programs routinely lie, spin, and obfuscate. I assume this is why you are unaware that there was a coup attempt against Chavez, or that the US backed that attempt. It was almost successful, and would have been except for the extreme outpouring of support for Chavez from the people of Venezuela.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144

There's a link for you. It's a video documentary that was put together by some journalists that were there at the time. It's called The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. You might learn a thing or two there that you never saw on CNN.

Also, you seem to view DU and DU'ers much like some others do, especially those who post at websites who are, shall we say, ideologically different than we are. You seem to believe we are ignorant of world leaders and events, excessively PC, and not quite realists. I assure you that while such people can be found at any web site, here at DU you will find some of the most educated and informed people on any topic you'd care to name, anywhere in the world. If a DU'er suggests that you may be wrong about something, it's possible that they are just another fool on the internet, but it is also VERY possible that they know about 1000% more than you do on the topic at hand. Check your facts and keep an open mind and you will do well here.

If, on the other hand, you form opinions and deride others based loosely on things you heard on the news, you are gonna get spanked. Things "everyone knows" don't apply here. You are amongst a group that will actually checks facts, and increasingly here in the United States things "everyone knows" turn out to be nothing more than propaganda furthering somebody's agenda.

Keep this in mind. EVERY televised news source and the vast majority of other sources in MSM are pro-corporate, by their very nature. They ARE corporations. Chavez is implementing reforms that corporate America does not like. Are you really so surprised that they would demonize him? Keep that idea in mind when viewing ANY news on television. The corporations who are reporting said news to you ALL have agendas. All of them. Once you truly realize this you will be amazed how often you can spot the inaccuracies and spin being beamed at us as if it were Truth.