(Thread) The media coverage of the #Bolivia coup has been atrocious. I decided to make a list of the worst of the worst.
Using the "stop hitting yourself" tactic, @washingtonpost absurdly claims Evo Morales is to blame for his own overthrow. 
@washingtonpost . @FoxNews lies to its readers, claiming Morales "resigned" due to "election fraud allegations" and not the American-trained military pointing a gun at his head.
@washingtonpost @FoxNews . @TheEconomist laughably claims this is not a coup, complete with a picture of Evo turning a gun on himself, rather than it being the military doing exactly that to him
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist Resident arch-reactionary Andres Oppenheimer at @MiamiHerald claims after Morales' power grab, Bolivia is a "full-blown dictatorship". Seems to think the military arresting government members and shooting protestors is fine, in comparison.
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald Down Under we go, where The Australian (surprise surprise, a Murdoch paper) frames far-right Christian fanatacist Jeanine Añez as a progressive feminist activist.
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald It's the @washingtonpost (again). Nominated for describing a security forces' massacre of unarmed protestors as a "clash"
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald Voice of America decry's Russia's "familiar reaction" of claiming the US welcomed the coup and is hoping for more. Left unstated is that this conspiracy theory is the official and explicit White House position.
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@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald Here's @TheAtlantic claiming that Evo Morales was an authoritarian threat to democracy and "average citizens" rose up to overthrow a "oppression" in a refreshing manifestation of democracy.
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald @TheAtlantic For some Russia zealots, every story has to be about Vladimir Putin. Apparently, the Daily Express thinks his "plans for domination in South America" have been dealt a "crushing blow". Score one for democracy, right? (h/t @leftiblog)
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald @TheAtlantic @leftiblog The crisis is really Morales' supporters' fault, according to the @washingtonpost. Why can't they just accept a self-declared Christian fascist coup leader as President? Don't they realise they're deepening tensions? (h/t @leftiblog)
@washingtonpost @FoxNews @TheEconomist @MiamiHerald @TheAtlantic @leftiblog Here's the best one: El Mundo (Spain) calls Christian fundamentalist self-declared President Jeanine Añez the "Angelina Jolie of Bolivian politics" (h/t @judoley)
