Independent
media outlets tend to pose alternative viewpoints that conflict with
the narratives espoused by mainstream media. But when it comes to
Venezuela, whose socialist government is in danger of being
overthrown, they are parroting the mainstream line or ignoring the
issue altogether.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
1
Even though
the independent media community in the West is diverse, there are
often some common themes that unite alternative media outlets from
different sides of the political spectrum. Common among these
unifying forces is a criticism of the U.S. imperial war machine and
U.S. efforts – both covert and direct – to subject governments
throughout the world to regime change, often for simply conflicting
with the U.S.’ “national interest.”
This has
held true for independent media coverage of U.S.-led regime change
efforts in countries like Iraq, Libya, Ukraine and Syria, where the
reporting of most alternative media outlets has brought them into
direct conflict with mainstream media, government-approved
narratives. However, for several conservative-leaning independent
media outlets, there is one glaring exception: Venezuela.
While some
more left-leaning independent media sites have acknowledged the U.S.’
role in the destabilization of oil-rich Venezuela and its
multi-million dollar funding of the political opposition, some on the
more conservative side – such as Zero Hedge, InfoWars and We Are
Change – have often ignored this outright or only mentioned it as a
mere afterthought.
Instead they
have chosen to embrace the mainstream media narrative supportive of
U.S.-backed regime change in Venezuela, painting the current
government of Venezuela as a dictatorship and the sole party
responsible for the country’s current crisis, despite overwhelming
evidence to the contrary.
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