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Leftist Debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2018, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Cited, without much elaboration, by commenters who think mainstream media misinforms about Venezuela.

Empire Files host Mike Prysner responds point by point to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode on Venezuela, arguing it distorted the country's situation and the role of the US government.

3 citations · Commentary · news from the time

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@lustysocietyorg Dec 2018 Cites it
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This spiteful article is probably part of the US war campaign against Venezuela. Leftist Debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode [this video] A Brief History of U.S. Dirty Wars in Central America That Set the Stage for the Refugee Crisis [link] US Senator Rubio pushes for Venezuela to be placed on US state terrorism sponsors list – report [link] ‘Bolton is preparing plan for my assassination, with help from Bogota’ – Venezuela’s Maduro [link] Besides US agents are involved in the media secretly and openly (CNN, Fox News,... promoting the conspiracy and lie that should justify the publically well known war e.g. Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria). What western media company is outraged regarding the situation of journalist Julian Assange ? The Guardian/Politico Psyop Against WikiLeaks [link] Besides: This comment might be my last comment on HN because I can not create replies because I am posting too fast according to HN.

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