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In reply to the discussion: On Media Bias in Venezuela [View all]

joshcryer

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1. "...opposition media’s dominance in Venezuela has a significant influence on political beliefs."
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 04:30 PM
Oct 2012
Laughable!

The Tascon List is known about from word of mouth and common dialog amongst Venezuelans. The media doesn't even have to spread propaganda for "57 percent of respondents were at least somewhat concerned that people could face reprisals for how they vote," with only 42 percent "very confident their votes would be kept secret."

In the 2012 primaries they tried to get the voter lists:

Acting on a ruling earlier Tuesday by Venezuela's Supreme Court, Aragua police had confiscated lists of voters who participated in Sunday's primary elections. The court had ordered that the lists be confiscated so that electoral authorities could use them to investigate alleged irregularities during Sunday's elections. Source.


Fortunately the opposition was not going to allow the Cuba-style nepotism-cronyism actually affect them this time like it did with the Tascón List. Indeed a young man was killed trying to protect the privacy of the voters (fucked up how all these deaths are happening on the oppositions side).

It said the voters lists from across the country should be handed to the electoral authorities within 24 hours.

But the executive secretary of the Democratic Unity (MUD) coalition, Ramon Aveledo, dismissed the ruling as "absurd, unconstitutional and disproportionate".

Hours later, other opposition officials said the voting records had all been destroyed.

"We gave our word to all Venezuelans who turned out to vote on 12 February that the process would be absolutely secret, both the vote and the names of the people who took part," MUD youth leader Edinson Ferrer said. Source.


Tired of the blatant propaganda without any evidence.

I mean, VTV is showing this as Capriles "crowd" (note to non-Spanish speakers; just watch what the camera man does; the massive crowd is being blocked by the reporter):



And we're supposed to think there's some sense of "balance" here?

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