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Idrees Ahmad
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Code Pink made a list of "thought leaders" for #Venezuela that includes at least four Russian government employees but not a single Venezuelan or Latinx person. Some people included on the list are currently in Caracas as guests of the Maduro regime.
This is one of the people included on the list. She thinks all is fine in Venezuela except for the absence of "luxuries" (actual words) such as "toilet paper" and "bottle water".
The list also includes several Kremlin-linked rent-a-shills
pulsemedia.org/2017/08/22/did…
The list also includes white supremacist Tucker Carlson's BFF Glenn Greenwald
pulsemedia.org/2016/10/28/sym…
It's worth noting that while the country faces food shortages and rationing, the Maduro regime has invested a lot in inviting friendly ideologues, bloggers and social media "influencers" to Caracas elcooperante.com/quienes-son-lo…
Here is another report by @SabrinaMartinR on Maduro's fake news amplifiers
es.panampost.com/sabrina-martin…
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Idrees Ahmad
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John Berger described mystification as "the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident". The purpose of journalism is to clarify, not mystify. This is not journalism. I am not surprised that @theintercept published it; I'm surprised @ShorensteinCtr supported it.
@theintercept @ShorensteinCtr Reporters who visits regime controlled areas on regime visas need to be treated as suspect until they establish their credibility. This reporter fails: he uncritically recycles white helmets conspiracy theories; relies on the testimony of people interviewed with minders present.
@theintercept @ShorensteinCtr And no reporter who is deemed critical is granted a second visa by the regime. Reporters who are considered unsympathetic are denied even one. An individual who gets repeat visas to Damascus must be considered propagandist until proven journalist.
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Noam Chomsky has joined Tim Anderson, a leading apologist for Assad and Kim Jong Un, to write this contemptible piece of apologia for the Maduro regime. The people who have signed this shameful letter must be held forever in contempt. #Venezuela
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The letter conveniently blames everything on the US. No mention of the regime's repression, corruption & authoritarianism. No mention of the mass uprising. Instead we get "both sides" and the usual platitudes about "negotiation". No mention of Maduro's obstructionism.
But when it comes to making excuses for authoritarian regimes, Chomsky has form. Not only has he not apologised for his genocide denial on Cambodia, he reiterated his denialism in a recent exchange with @charliearchy
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Idrees Ahmad
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There is a seemingly coordinated campaign of defamation and harassment targeting @bellingcat at the moment. And as a practitioner and scholar of journalism, I find this very troubling because Bellingcat is an indispensable institution that has raised the bar for all journalists.
What sets Bellingcat apart from traditional journalism is not just the novelty of their tools but also the transparency of their investigations. They don't just conduct investigations and ask you to accept the outcomes; they lead you through the entire investigation process.
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