{"id":43341,"date":"2019-01-30T20:47:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T01:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43341"},"modified":"2019-01-30T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T01:47:52","slug":"cnn-goes-undercover-to-manufacture-consent-for-coup-attempt-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43341","title":{"rendered":"CNN GOES \u2018UNDERCOVER\u2019 TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT FOR COUP ATTEMPT IN VENEZUELA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shadowproof.com\/2019\/01\/29\/cnn-undercover-report-from-in-venezuela-example-of-how-media-engages-in-pr-for-opposition\/\">CNN GOES \u2018UNDERCOVER\u2019 TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT FOR COUP ATTEMPT IN VENEZUELA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A CNN \u201cexclusive\u201d report from inside Venezuela aired multiple times on the network on January 28. It is a prime example of how influential media outlets in the U.S. effectively create propaganda for the opposition, which now is receiving&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/the_americas\/venezuelas-opposition-in-talks-with-military-officials-to-force-out-maduro-juan-guaido-says-in-interview\/2019\/01\/27\/b1b85910-2189-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.c43404eee9eb\">funds<\/a>&nbsp;from President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the four-minute&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XrS5OVqgJsg\">report<\/a>, CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh went \u201cundercover\u201d amidst what the network described as the \u201cdeepening crisis in Venezuela\u201d in order \u201cto capture the desperation gripping the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The segment highlighted hyperinflation at grocery chains, Venezuelans lined up in queues for fuel and food, particularly in Caracas, and opposition demonstrations on January 23, when opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself president of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was the day when change was meant to come,\u201d Walsh stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It suggested President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s government has given \u201chandouts\u201d to Venezuelans for years to buy their loyalty, but now \u201chandouts\u201d are no longer enough. Opponents like to equate social programs to \u201chandouts\u201d because corporate elites favor de-nationalization and privatization of services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walsh interviewed a rank-and-file officer in the Venezuela military and granted him anonymity. The officer stated, \u201cI would say 80 percent of soldiers are against the government. Some even go to demonstrations. But the big fishes, the senior officers, are the ones eating, getting rich while the bottom we have it hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video showed the opposition throwing stones at a military airfield in a standoff that apparently has lasted \u201cfor months.\u201d One part of the barricade was on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting with his back against what appeared to be a concrete barricade, like he was part of the opposition hurling objects, Walsh declared, \u201cThey may be throwing stones here, but what they really need is the army to switch sides.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN GOES \u2018UNDERCOVER\u2019 TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT FOR COUP ATTEMPT IN VENEZUELA A CNN \u201cexclusive\u201d report from inside Venezuela aired multiple times on the network on January 28. It is a prime example of how influential media outlets in the U.S. effectively create propaganda for the opposition, which now is receiving&nbsp;funds&nbsp;from President Donald Trump\u2019s administration. 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