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Gnam
02-21-14, 09:29 PM
Venezuela has been in revolt for three weeks.

Leading issues:

Bad economy
Crime wave
protesters beaten
political opposition jailed
media intimidation and blackout
Beauty Queen shot in the head by police. :saywhat:
http://world.time.com/2014/02/21/venezuela-protests-maduro-lopez/


http://www.buzzfeed.com/conzpreti/29-heartbreaking-images-from-the-protests-in-venezuela
Caracas: Tuesday, Feb 18
http://s14.postimg.org/6bqoadm5d/enhanced_buzz_wide_2346_1392846852_8.jpg

Venezuela opted for the clear plastic riot shields:http://s23.postimg.org/irjarjxbv/enhanced_buzz_wide_987_1392847467_12.jpg


Media blackout

A media blackout has stymied the flow of information during some of the most intense days of clashes between anti-government protesters and authorities. In addition, strict regulations have pressured media outlets to tread softly when it comes to covering the violence.

[T]he state broadcasting authority warned that coverage of the violence could violate a controversial law that prohibits the broadcasting of material that "foments anxiety" or "incites or promotes hatred and intolerance for ... political reasons."

As bullets flew and people died on the 12th, most outlets heeded the warning.

The Press and Society Institute monitored 38 radio stations the day of the killings and found that only five reported on developments in the day's deadly violence and 30 transmitted "light programming. The other three echoed the government's position.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/21/world/americas/venezuela-fact-from-fiction/

http://s30.postimg.org/upjzehzf5/20140219_venz.png

They speak like Marx
Rule like Stalin
And live like Rockefellers
While the people suffer

TravelGal
02-22-14, 02:23 AM
If we were watching the summer Olympics now, the coverage would be of this instead of Ukraine. CNN has been told to "rectify" their coverage or they will be expelled. Twitter has been shut down as have most forms of communication. BBC News still covers it but it's bad down there right now.