Death Of A Bogeyman - The Corporate Media Bury Hugo Chávez

[Jefferson23]

By David Edwards



Following the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez on March 5, the BBC reported from the funeral:

'More than 30 world leaders attended the ceremony, including Cuban President Raul Castro, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.

'A message was read out from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.'

A rogues' gallery of the West's 'bad guys', in other words. To the side of the main article, the BBC quietly noted that, in fact, 'Most Latin American and Caribbean Presidents' attended the funeral, not just the Bond villains.

Following the same theme, a BBC article appeared beneath a grim photo montage of Osama bin Laden, Chávez, Kim Jong-il, Muammar Gaddafi, Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein. The report asked: 'Is the era of the anti-American bogeymen at an end?'

Like many independent nationalists, Chávez was not 'anti-American', although he was anti-empire. US foreign policy, on the other hand, was certainly anti-Chávez, 'variously portrayed as a six-times elected champion of the people or a constitution-fiddling demagogue', the BBC piece noted.

remainder: http://www.medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=724:death-of-a-bogeyman-the-corporate-media-bury-hugo-chavez&catid=51:alerts-2013&Itemid=202

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. "not just the Bond villains"

That would be this guy...

[Jefferson23]

2. lol, I agree..great pic, thanks.n/t