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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 06:40 PM
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CNN Accused of Lying about Venezuela
Source: Prensa Latina

Caracas, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Government accused CNN on Monday of lying about Venezuela and producing political propaganda, and requested an investigation into local Globovision channel for possible incitement to assassination.

Communication and Information Minister William Lara made the denunciation after presenting the Attorney General's Office with a demand to investigate Globovision.

Lara said CNN had gone to the extreme of violating the code of ethics of any social communicator in the world, and accused the station of dealing in lies.



Read more: http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID={453B94FC-EE53-4B2F-BE1C-EF767C6B92E2}&language=EN
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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 06:43 PM
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1. Uh, what's your point.

Their lips are moving.
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 06:51 PM
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2. That's true
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 06:56 PM
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3. CNN? Lying?
Probably.

In this case, definitely.
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-29-07 12:21 AM
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26. When haven't they?
Goodness me, CNN has been an endless GOP propaganda organ since it started!
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 07:06 PM
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4. Probably true, but
a government that can't allow a few lies ain't much of a government to live under.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:05 PM
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5. We must be doing great, then
I never knew we had it so good. :shrug:
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:15 PM
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9. I guess you prefer a freedom of speech decider then?
I don't really find your criticism of the US to be a strong argument for Chavez' solution. Currently access to US airwaves requires a lot of money yes, but the number of outlets is increasing, and assuming a broadcaster can get an audience to support him he can say just about anything he wants without being shut down by the state.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:29 PM
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11. Nothing like having a broadcaster precipitate a coop.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:37 PM
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12. As you can see I didn't defend that.
If the station was involved in that kind of effort its different of course. About all I can say is the country is far from being a stable democracy and its difficult to tell at this whether its improving or not.
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Lord Balto Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:45 PM
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17. Not Stable? With the Help of the CIA?
Considering the dung they have had to put up with from US interference, I'd say they are pretty damned stable.

The South American Union?
The Bank of the South?
The withdrawal from the World Bank?

I'd say Hugo is doing a pretty damned good job of fending off the international vampires in Washington.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144&q=will+not+be+televised

from Independent Irish TV

Screw Bush and the CIA
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:58 PM
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20. Why do you feel the need
to be sarcastic in answer to that neutral post? One of these days I'll learn to just stop commenting on Chavez, too many near religious believers around here.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 11:14 PM
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22. Good go get your self down in front of CNN ,CBS,and FOX
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 11:18 PM
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23. not even worth the trouble to reply n/t
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Kokonoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-29-07 12:28 AM
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28. What is a stable democracy
I used to think it was the US until 2000. Stability must be the people under control of of media. :shrug: Because the US is the most stable it's ever been.
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Lord Balto Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:48 PM
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18. He cannot advocate overthrow of the government and
assassination of the president. Unless of course he's a neocon and the president is a Democrat. Chavez is in a life or death struggle with the American corporate elite and he's fighting back within the boundaries of the law, which is a damned sight more than I can say for our beloved chimpster-in-chief.
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NeoConsSuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:06 PM
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6. That's no surprise
They're nothing but capitalist propaganda machines.

Case in point, CNN.COM:

Today on their front page, a big article about Venezuelan police firing rubber bullets into a crowd.

When American police used rubber bullets against a May Day immigration rally, CNN.COM buried the story as quick as they could.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:09 PM
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7. Call cnn on it.
We have Mediamatters.com here but the corporatemediawhores don't pay attention to it.

Thank goodness for Venezuela!~
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:10 PM
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8. who's the biggest liar on earth...CNN or
nbc? abc? pbs? ...msnbc?...cbs? Foxnews.....?
CNN wins!
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Peggy Day Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:20 PM
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14. I think fox is worse nt
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KalicoKitty Donating Member (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:44 PM
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16. FAUX/FOX is the WORST! n/t
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Lord Balto Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:53 PM
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19. I'm not so sure about that
At least most folks know that Fox is lying. But they seem to think networks like CBS are honest, which is a bit more dangerous in my view.
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spag68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 11:44 PM
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25. Don't forget
about bowtieucker abd scabrough on msnbc. Howerery when speaking of the talking heads, I prefer an old saying, "Don't trust nobody, keep one eye on your mother." Fat Al in Pgh.
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-29-07 12:22 AM
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27. So hard to choose between CNN and KKKatie
I just can't make up my mind as to which one is the bigger liar!
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:23 PM
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10. Who would have thought such an upstanding network would lie?
In America today, they all lie for the regime.
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 08:43 PM
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13. THE MEDIA BROUGHT US GWBUSH, NOW THEY ARE TRYING FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE
IT IS NOT JUST CNN, IT IS THE MILITARY PROPAGANDIST IN THE PENTAGON
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 09:42 PM
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15. STOP YELLING!
I get your point, but hit 'caps lock' again and talk.;-)
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 11:13 PM
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21. WHAT??? N/T
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Hoooweee Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-28-07 11:20 PM
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24. check out CNN's headlines right now
I don't know about the article being referenced to by the Venezuelan government, but if you want to see overt bias, check out CNN's headlines right now. They have one that says "Venezuelan Protesters Fired On." Immediately images of Kent State pop in your head.

RTFA and buried a couple of paragraphs in, you find that the crowd had been assaulting police and the police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Then buried near the end is a blurb about thousands of SUPPORTERS cheering on the switch away from RCTV.

Ah, American bias.
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