Reply #40: And can YOU provide proof that Robert Campbell's "dateline CARACAS" is real? [View All]

Is Rotters' reporter really in Caracas?

Seems to me there have been some scandals about corpo/fascist reporters not being where they say they are.

I kind of think he IS in Caracas (but I wouldn't bet money on it). His problem is that he eats at expensive restaurants, far from the rabble, and selects his factoids from the point of view of a rich tourist.

Look at this example he uses:

"The sky-high cost of living in Caracas, where the minimum monthly wage will be $450 from Sept. 1, is partly mitigated by price controls and subsidies on basic foods and home supplies. // However, imported luxuries that wealthier Venezuelans have long been used to, such as salmon flown in from Norway, push the cost of weekly shopping to eye-watering levels. Middle class consumers say they have been able to keep up spending through pay increases and by cutting out other expenses."

The idiots who are buying salmon flown in from Norway are "suffering" inflation. And sensible people eat local fish. They don't waste their pay increases trying to live like sultans--as Venezuela's rich elite is so used to doing.

Can't afford salmon flown in from Norway! Boo-hoo!

We have no reason whatever to doubt justinaforjustice's report from Venezuela. Why would she lie about where she is, or what she pays for coffee or gasoline? There is nothing in her writing that sounds false, or unreal, or "bought and paid for."

Rotters, on the other hand, has always had an agenda favoring the rich and the corporate--and their selective facts in this article, when compared to other information, begin to look screwy as hell. If their numbers are correct, why aren't Venezuelans rioting in the streets? Oh, hey, the rich ARE rioting in the streets! But not about 'inflation'--about the Education Law, which encourages SECULAR education--civics classes, no religious indoctrination--and extends education rights to all people. Funny what the rich riot about in Venezuela.

Why don't you respond to the Inkacola News analysis that I posted, or to the facts that justinaforjustice provides? Or to the url she provides? Why don't you question Rotters' assertions too? Clearly, you have an agenda--with your snippy little demand, questioning justinforjustice's integrity--implying that she's lying, she's not really in Venezuela, she's making it all up.

That's all you can do in the face of facts that contradict your agenda--hurl insults.

The rest of us would really like to understand Venezuela's economy, and economics--so we get our information from varied sources. You seem to want us to bow down to Rotters' corporate agenda as if they were an "authority," as if they were reliable and truthful--when their "economists say" bullshit has led us straight into Great Depression II. They LIE! They twist. They distort. They promote deregulation and "dog eat dog" economics. And they serve rich European investors who have screwed over South America almost as badly as US global corporate predators and the World Bank have. And they and their cronies at the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Associated Pukes helped destroy our economy--not to mention our Constitution and our reputation in the world.

Well, you can trust them if you want to be an idiot. But don't expect Rotters' bullshit to go unchallenged at DU. And please refrain from insulting comments like this one.