Thursday, May 2, 2019

Leftist refusal to let go of the Russia-collusion story bleeds over into media coverage of Venezuela

MSNBC says it's "unclear" which side the US supports:

This is simply stunning. At that same time that [Nicole] Wallace was saying all of this, the network’s chyron was literally declaring, “Venezuela braces for more turmoil as Trump admin supports opposition.” But perhaps we shouldn’t be too hard on Ms. Wallace. Maybe she doesn’t watch MSNBC. Still, the mendacity of that statement was breathtaking.
How much more evidence would anyone need? Their own network had just finished covering the interview with Bolton where he was still suggesting that we might have to send in troops to help eject Maduro. (Side note: I like John Bolton and have interviewed him a couple of times. But President Trump needs to get a leash on that guy once in a while. We don’t need another war in South America.) On top of that, the President has been out on social media backing Guaido all through this. In one thread he was threatening Cuba not to meddle in Venezuela’s affairs on the side of Maduro.
Add Trump administration softness on Russia to the list of delusions - a list that also includes such notions as that gender is fluid, that two people of the same gender can get married, that the global climate is in a state of crisis, that upper income brackets aren't taxed enough, that there is systemic bigotry within the nation's law enforcement bodies, that health care is a right, and that Judaism and Christianity are irrelevant superstitions - that drive everything about the way leftists operate.

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