CBS News Declares New Venezuelan President... No, Wait, That's Not Right
The piece claims a 'new Venezuelan President' and a 'U.S. raid in Venezuela that captured former President Nicolás Maduro,' alongside a threat from Trump to 'Delcy Rodríguez.' This is, to put it mildly, stunning. Nicolás Maduro was, and remains, the internationally recognized President of Venezuela. Delcy Rodríguez is his Vice President, not a 'new president.' This CBS report appears to conflate a
staged 'raid' from an alternate reality with actual events. It's a prime example of media outlets parroting Washington's preferred narrative, even when that narrative is a complete fantasy. This isn't just a simple mistake; it's narrative construction. For years, the US government, through proxies like Juan Guaidó, attempted to install a parallel government in Venezuela. The media's portrayal here
echoes that manufactured legitimacy. One might wonder if the 'raid' was the imaginary culmination of years of sanctions, coups, and disinformation aimed at a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves. It seems some newsrooms are still running scripts from 2019 without updating the details to, you know, reality.