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"our media is intervened by the goverment." This is not true at all. There is some relationship between press and gov. but Barack Obama is in no way censoring
by edblarney 10y ago
"our media is intervened by the goverment."
This is not true at all.
There is some relationship between press and gov. but Barack Obama is in no way censoring CNN, Fox form publishing stories about bank robberies.
The 'real reason' that they don't is because their readership just does not care.
Fox News has been bashing Venezuela for years, it's crazy to suggest 'the government' is suppressing them from publishing negative stories about Venezuela.
That said - I personally wish there was more coverage.
- thnnb 10y agoDude what are you on, I want some. Obama, CNN, Fox and the whole US are on topic as much as the Lochness monster.
- edblarney 10y agoThey are 'on' subjects people care about enough to click. Nobody cares about the specifics of Venezuelan currency exchange. So they don't cover it. It's absurd to suggest they are 'not covering it' because the US government is intervening on that issue. Totally absurd. Canada is the US #1 trading partner, and how much coverage do you see about Canada? None. We have a new Prime Minister and it barely makes the news. We have major trade disputes on going - zero coverage. Because nobody cares. Trump, Taylor Swift, the current SJW meme, and the last 'shooting' and whatever is trending on Twitter is what they cover. There is a war going on in Mosul, Americans involved, and since the start of that action there's been zero coverage. It's because people don't care enough. That's it. There's no conspiracy. You want details on Mosul go to AlJazeera. You want details on Canada go to the CBC. etc.
- thnnb 10y agoWhen I said "our media is intervened by the government" I meant -local- media in Venezuela, under direct influence of Venezuela's government. Local TV channels (Globovisión, Televen, VTV...), local newspapers, local radio stations, etc. I do get the point that US media doesn't cover our stories in detail because US audiences aren't that interested, I just don't understand why you keep pointing that out in this context.
- edblarney 10y agoOh, I see. Venezuelan media is controlled - sure. My bad, I guess - but it's really not clear from that post that you're referring to the Venezuelan press, as opposed to the US press. When you say 'our press' I didn't know you meant 'Venezuelan' , most people are not familiar with the acronym you used there on the first line. I assumed it was American, actually.
- sctb 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13200107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13200107 and marked it off-topic.