Coverage of the ongoing unrest in Venezuela, in the wake of dictator Nicolas Maduro’s claim to re-election via rampant fraud, was mixed at best, and left out a very significant detail: the various Biden policy failures that directly led to this moment in history.
Watch ABC’s very brief report in its entirety:
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
7/30/24
6:45 PM
DAVID MUIR: We are also tracking the images coming in from Venezuela tonight, where the government says Nicolas Maduro has been re-elected to a third six-year term, although full voting data has not been released. The U.S. tonight and other South American nations are expressing concern and have not recognized the results. Tonight, demonstrators continue to take to the streets. Maduro has presided over the collapse of Venezuela’s economy. More than 7 million people have fled that country.
After devoting 5 minutes of top story time to their ongoing worship of Kamala Harris, ABC could only muster 23 seconds for this significant developing story. But that’s 23 more than NBC could muster, because they had to make time for men’s gymnastics.
CBS, on the other hand, sent correspondent Lilia Luciano to Caracas, and offered up a fuller report in a more appropriate time slot closer to the top of the newscast- even if the story wasn’t all that substantive.
Missing from the reports: the fact that the Biden administration directly enabled this election fraud by foolishly giving Maduro sanctions relief in exchange for the promise of free and fair elections. Furthermore, Biden returned to Maduro his narconephews and notorious regime bagman Alex Saab in a pair of prisoner swaps. This context was clearly missing from these reports.
Exit clip: watch as Reihan Salam make noted Biden-Harris cheerleader Ana Navarro as he mentions the sanctions relief as a factor that enabled Maduro to steal the election.
Click expand to view the transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on CBS Evening News on Monday, July 29th, 2024:
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