Venezuela says CNN can stay, a day after saying 'get out'

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: CNN



CNN) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told a CNN reporting team Friday that it could continue reporting in the South American country, a day after the government revoked or denied press credentials for CNN journalists.

Earlier, Maduro had said he would expel CNN if it did not "rectify" its coverage of anti-government protests. During a news conference aired live on state-run TV, Maduro reversed his early position, saying CNN could stay.

Following the more than two-hour news conference, officials told CNN that its journalists would be issued credentials to report within the country.

It was a bizarre end to the news conference that saw Maduro call out CNN, Fox News and other U.S.-based media, claiming they encouraged opposition forces against the government.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/21/world/americas/venezuela-cnn-journalists/

[hrmjustin]

1. Good! That was not a good move on his part.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. he is a very poor leader n/t

[hrmjustin]

3. I agree. I don't think he was the bezt choice for his party.

[fasttense]

4. Too bad, CNN lowers the intelligence of any conversation they report on

Are they still using Spanish protest pictures to show the protests in Venezuela? Or have they moved on to just lying like they normally do? CNN - a mini Fox noise - making it up as they go.

The protest of the rich in Venezuela is a very big concern to them.

Come on cyber stalkers, you know you want to attack my comments.

[hrmjustin]

5. I agree cnn leaves a log to be desired but not a good idea to not allow them in their nation.

[Fred Sanders]

8. The Rise of The Rich in Thailand, Egypt, Ukraine and Venezuela is apparently something to applaud

even on a so called liberal blog site.

Interesting.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Guardian: "Venezuela's poor join protests as turmoil grips Chávez's revolution"

Venezuela's poor join protests as turmoil grips Chávez's revolution

Virginia López in Caracas and Jonathan Watts
The Guardian, Thursday 20 February 2014 14.42 EST

The poor neighbourhood of Petare in western Caracas is not an obvious hotbed of anti-government sentiment. In the past, its residents have been among the major beneficiaries of Venezuela's public health and education campaigns, and an economic policy that resulted in one of the sharpest falls in inequality in the world.

But as demonstrations sweep several major cities, even the people of Petare have taken to the streets to protest again surging inflation, alarming murder rates and shortages of essential commodities.

Jorge Farias, a self-employed motorcycle taxi driver, once voted for the late president Hugo Chávez, but this week he joined opposition rallies.

"This country can't stay like this for much longer. If it's not lack of food, it is the fear of being killed when you step out of your house to go to work", he said. "I would like to wake up without this fear," he added. "I have never seen this country in this state of total collapse. We are going from bad to worse, and we are losing faith".

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/20/venezuelas-poor-protests-chavez-revolution

Do you feel the same about The Guardian? Your thesis runs counter to their "on-the-ground" assessment.

[fascisthunter]

6. The Uber Rich and their Fanatical Capitalists are Salivating

exciting for the wealthy class... they can now be rest assured they won't have to compete with a majority of the people on a level playing field. Chickenshit brainless folks need to game the system in order to stay on top... I always thought they believed the best deserve their wealth... that competition lets the cream rise to the top. Seems to me it is what they fear the most and that the uber rich and wealthy are undeserving cowards with little talent and less brains. They are just common, like everyone else they try to hold down in the world.

[joshcryer]

12. I completely agree.

[fascisthunter]

13. blah blah blah

[freshwest]

7. No matter how dumb CNN is in its current reincarnation, a few facts may slip through. Perhaps we'll

hear from both sides now.

It's been confusing. Hope to hear it in English, but not from Wolfie Boy. I remember his coverage of the invasion of Iraq with a shudder. Plenty of hype and reading a script.

Since Ted Turner sold CNN, ti's rapidly gone downhill. At one time watching CNN cover stories in real time around the world created a sense of seeing the pulse of world change.

CNN is now too managed, edited and censored, when it's not being flat dishonest.

[brooklynite]

10. So, was Maduro right to kick them out?

Or was Maduro right to let them stay?

[joshcryer]

11. That's hopeful. Maybe Maduro is getting good advice.

Easiest way for it to be over with is to let it simmer down and back off. They'll get bored and go home eventually.