3 Americans, 2 Spaniards held over alleged plot to 'destabilize' Venezuela. (www.voanews.com)
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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 22:06 next collapse
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 22:50 next collapse

Hi, MBFC bot, you forgot to account for the fact that this is a wire story from the Agence France-Presse, one of the best, most credible news agencies in the world. As usual, you’re less than worthless.

wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 05:05 collapse

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 06:27 next collapse

Oh, what’s that watermark at the bottom right? Oh, the site whose bread and butter is unsubstantiated, pseudoscientific conspiracy theories? Wow, I’m so surprised. I guess astrophysics journals aren’t credible now either because some shitty flat Earth website says they’re all secretly controlled by NASA.

wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 16:23 collapse

Wikipedia? The same Wikipedia that once claimed David Beckham was an 18th century Chinese goalkeeper?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 10:11 collapse

Yes, we all know how Fox News and NPR collude…

PugJesus@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 23:04 collapse

Look, I’m pretty positive about VOA generally, but when a ‘fact checker’ marks it as less biased than AP, the fact checker needs to sit down and rethink its life.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 00:59 next collapse

Venezuela was stable?

ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 01:05 next collapse

still is. it just hasn’t been properly mucked out.

Neon@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 07:15 next collapse

of course. Stability means consistency.

Venezuela has consistently been unstable

ergo: Venezuela has been stable.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 15 Sep 16:11 collapse

In the dictatorship sense that the army supports Maduro I guess.

Badeendje@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 14:19 collapse

Coin flip… just random schmo’s rounded up and trotted out as proof of evil american imperialism OR actual CIA spooks doing nasty things.

I’m more inclined to believe the former as Maduro has gone fully of the deep end to stay in power.

wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 15:56 collapse

But the CIA have a long history of the latter and have attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government before.

Avg@lemm.ee on 15 Sep 17:14 next collapse

Oh, I’m sure that’s entirely possible, I just don’t believe the Venezuelan government would be able to capture them.

Badeendje@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 17:21 next collapse

Probably true, but at this moment I think the more likey scenario is the other one. At this moment the cia does not need to do a lot as the venezuelan government is busy shooting their own foot.

InvertedParallax@lemm.ee on 15 Sep 17:50 collapse

I don’t think this government needs any help, they’re doing fine on their own.