Fuck the Times... Again.
"New York Times: Rifts Plague Anti-Chávez Venezuelans
This Times piece, by design, is dominated by critics of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (who are, by all counts, a distinct minority in that country).
The Times offers a typical mainstream media formulation to explain Chavez's popularity:
Mr. Chávez remains hugely popular, with a 55 percent approval rating in opinion polls, for having funneled billions of dollars in oil revenue to the poor.
This makes it sound as if Chavez were doing something unusual. Is spending the revenue from your country's state-owned oil company really 'funneling' money to the poor? One wonders if a U.S. reporter would feel free to refer to, say, the White House tax cuts as a means of 'funneling' money to the super-wealthy."
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
(3/31/06) by Juan Forero
This Times piece, by design, is dominated by critics of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (who are, by all counts, a distinct minority in that country).
The Times offers a typical mainstream media formulation to explain Chavez's popularity:
Mr. Chávez remains hugely popular, with a 55 percent approval rating in opinion polls, for having funneled billions of dollars in oil revenue to the poor.
This makes it sound as if Chavez were doing something unusual. Is spending the revenue from your country's state-owned oil company really 'funneling' money to the poor? One wonders if a U.S. reporter would feel free to refer to, say, the White House tax cuts as a means of 'funneling' money to the super-wealthy."
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
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