Posted on 05/29/2007 11:03:23 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
I was curious whether the Kossacks had anything to say on Chavez' media crackdown in Venezuela. This is what I found:
"It is therefore, as I say, extraordinary to see the mainstream media in the U.S. and Britain insinuating that this move by Chavez somehow represents an attack on democracy and freedom. In fact, the move - totally constitutional - may well result in a media that is more pluralistic, not less...
"[Fear of a successful socialist Venezuela] is the true explanation for the hysterical anti-Chavez propaganda. It has nothing to do with concern for human rights in Venezuela, or a fear that Venezuelan freedom of speech is under threat. That is totally irrelevant to the corporate media, as evidenced on countless other occasions. The problem for the U.S. establishment (and hence the establishment media) is that Chavez represents an alternative to U.S.-imposed neo-liberalism and a direct challenge to U.S. domination.
"He, like Castro’s Cuba, represents the "threat of a good example". The deepest fear of U.S. planners is that if states like Cuba are permitted to follow a path of independence unchallenged, other states might start getting similar ideas. Hence the decades long American campaign of economic warfare and terrorism against Cuba."
Wow. Just... wow.
Rather like the Communist Party in the USA that transformed from dove on WW2 to hawk on WW2 in one day; the day Hitler invaded the USSR.
Shutting down opposition media makes the media more pluralistic.
I'm speechless.
And, would daily kos feel that way if we shut THEM down????
The American Chavistas are saying that the TV station, RCTV, engaged in active insurrection, fomenting assasination attempts and coup d’etat and this justified the shut down.
We’ll see.
I have a very good friend who lived in Caracas with very close family who lives there still, and I will find the truth for myself.
(But, I seriously doubt the charges).
These are not rational people. It’s that simple. They view the world through their personal dogma, and have no desire to seek truth. Why seek truth when you’re convinced that you have it all figured out?
Yeah, you go ahead and investigate that. RCTV was shut down for criticizing the Chavez regime. He had been threatening to do it since the last, fixed election, when RCTV didn’t support him. It is as if Bush had closed down CBS because he didn’t like the way it was covering the White House, and then taken all of its studios, broadcasting equipment and fired all its employees, and then turned the assets over to the Republican National Committee. You’d probably want to find out the truth for yourself on that one, too.
It's in the same tradition as ths USSR and their sympathizers claiming that the unelected Supreme Soviet was more representative than the freely-elected US Congress or British Parliament because the Supreme Soviet had more women members.
What a bunch of boneheads. If Bush came out tomorrow and said he likes what Hugo Chavez is doing, those boneheads would be taking the opposite stance. They are as predictable as guessing what makes a stinky diaper stink!
"Private for-profit television stations have nothing to do with "free speech".
Wow, these people are warped. What if the U.S. government shut down "Private for-profit" entities like the New York Times? Besides being a violation of the Constitution the left would go nuts.
I know that may be considered a poor example....the New York Times can hardly be considered "for-profit."
“In fact, the move - totally constitutional - may well result in a media that is more pluralistic, not less
And, would daily kos feel that way if we shut THEM down????”
The midget that runs daily kos has always been a first class hypocrite, so this doesn’t surprise me in the least.
I guess to them, free speech only occurs on PBS. I am amazed at how unclear they are on the concept. Perhaps the White House should take over the Daily Kos and turn it over to, say, the Heritage Foundation.
“Hard to believe any American with any familiarity with the Declaration of Independece and the Constitution could write something like that.”
LOL. Not much has ever lead me to believe the brilliant minds at Daily Kos read the constitution.
I guess all those thousands down in the streets must be totally misinformed. Don’t they know Chavez is just maintaining order? /sarc
If you had any doubts that Demorats are as bad as communists, this clears that up.
If you had any doubts that American Democrats are as bad as communists, this clears that up.
Less is.... more?
“Shutting down opposition media makes the media more pluralistic.”
“I’m speechless.”
I concur. A regular acrobat, that Daily Kos.
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