Thread by @AlanRMacLeod

In Bolivia, democracy did not die in darkness; it died to the applause of the Washington Post

My latest article in @MintPressNews on how the WaPo is now acknowledging the Bolivian elections it condemned for months were actually clean all along.

mintpressnews.com/after-supporti…

@MintPressNews "Hey remember that socialist dictator we helped overthrow, installing a white nationalist dictatorship?"

"Turns out he was democratically elected all along. Who would have thought? Anyway, keep buying our newspaper."

@MintPressNews The new US-backed government has massacred civillians, killed journalists, shut down media, given the police and army immunity from prosecution and privatized the economy in a matter of weeks.

mintpressnews.com/media-silent-b…

@MintPressNews What's really galling is that Latin America experts @ceprdc wrote a really comprehensive report into the elections into November, finding the same thing, excpet their report has been largely ignored.

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@MintPressNews @ceprdc Big media are not just spectators, but active participants in regime change. Journalists are as important and Generals. The battle for public consent is often as important as that for the streets.

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