DOUBLE STANDARDS IN CORPORATE MEDIA REPORTING ON THE VENEZUELAN “GUARIMBA”

The killing of two police officers in New York has received an incredible amount of media attention as well as unanimous condemnation, just as it should have. It was a horrendous act. But why didn’t the media react in similar fashion to the murder of 10 security officers including 7 National Guardsmen by opposition protesters in Venezuela earlier this year? Instead the corporate media harped on alleged violation of human rights while playing down the unbridled violence perpetrated by the protesters in Venezuela and the anarchy they attempted to create. The media’s warped version of events was used by the Obama administration in December to justify sanctions against Venezuelan government officials. Double standards? A hidden agenda? Intentional distortion of the facts?