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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's RW takes a cue from Kissinger: "Make the economy scream!" [View all]Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)Known by whom?
Please cite examples of their lying--and, to support "lie all the time," cite many of examples of their "lying."
Venezuelanalysis publishes different kinds of articles, from varied sources, including quite astute articles based on hard data and research with footnotes, to political analysis, to opinion, to interviews, to voices of the unheard (people and groups that get entirely ignored by the corporate media, such as labor unions and social groups, or individual poor people or workers). They have published strong criticisms of Chavez from the left. They just published an opposition article about the political divisions in Venezuela. There are many authors and many subjects, and many republished articles from other sites/publications.
So, who are you talking about, when you say that "Venezuelanalysis is known to lie all the time"?
The editors/owners of Venezuelanalysis are pro-Chavez (though they, too, have criticized Chavez), but what's wrong with that? Corporate media takes political stances, for or against government leaders, all the time--and permits far, far LESS diversity of opinion that VA does.
I've found VA extremely informative--especially in view of the uniformly, and often vicious, negative, anti-Chavez, coup-supporting coverage of the entire corporate media! It is refreshing to read alternatives to the corporate view. And I have found very good information there--for instance, on poverty statistics and income equality, which have been independently verified by the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean, the Millennium Project and others, and, for instance, information on Venezuela's election system, which has been independently verified by the Carter Center and other international election monitoring groups. VA's information has proven to be, in truth, very RELIABLE.
You're going to have to convince me--with evidence, facts, many examples--that VA "is known to lie all the time."
And, until you do, YOUR information is suspect. If you make uninformed, extreme statements like this on one subject, would you be reliable on other subjects?
I developed a very useful "rule of thumb" for figuring out what was really going on when members of the Bush Junta said things. The rule was this: Whatever they say, the opposite is true; and whatever they accuse others of doing, they are doing or planning to do.
Within minutes of a Bush Junta statement, I could figure out--quite accurately--what the reality was. It was a 99.99% accurate prediction tool. And I'm beginning to think that this "rule of thumb" is useful for rightwingers in general and for the corporate media as well.
Applied to your statement that "Venezuelanalysis is known to lie all the time," it would mean that Venezuelanalysis tries very hard to tell the truth, and that it is you who "lies all the time."
Hm. Since I'm quite familiar with Venezuelanalysis, I can verify that their articles are informative, enlightening, reliable on certain important topics, quite varied as to authors, sources and subjects, not always pro-Chavez, and a very vital alternative to corporate propaganda.
I don't know if they or any of their many authors have ever lied (said something they knew wasn't true). I've never caught them at it. I don't always like their articles but I've never felt anyone was LYING. (Bad writing style; boring writer or subject, whatever.) Generally, I'm always interested and glad that this site exists.
I cannot verify that you "lie all the time" but I do know you for a rightwinger, from your posts here at DU, and I've found that rightwingers don't respect facts, favor corporate/1%-er interests and often promote an Alice-in-Wonderland-ish view of the world (inside out, upside down and backwards). This doesn't make you a Bushwhack--one who DOES "lie all the time"--but it makes me quite skeptical of anything you say.
Just thought I'd let you know how I evaluate posts like yours.