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. @Reuters with a rare article on #Ecuador& #39;s upcoming election. Lazy framing in the headline. Rightwingers do not believe "free markets". Nobody does, whatever they may claim. All markets require a body of law enforced & defined by governments
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Article says "Polls broadly indicate socialist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa, with a lead over rival Guillermo Lasso..."
So who did the big private/public media favor during the campaign - and the LAST 4 YEARS @reuters ?
Didn& #39;t notice?
So who did the big private/public media favor during the campaign - and the LAST 4 YEARS @reuters ?
Didn& #39;t notice?
Four years of media bias and repression is quietly edited out of the story. Typical for @Reuters https://fair.org/home/ignoring-repression-and-dirty-tricks-in-coverage-of-ecuadors-election/">https://fair.org/home/igno...
Moreno is deeply unpopular in @ecuador, with approval in single digits, but Reuters never tells us tha in this article. It is actually common for Reuters to claim Maduro is unpopular in #Venezuela.
"Arauz, 36, won the first electoral round with the 32.7% of the vote thanks to promises to reverse austerity measures and deliver $1,000 to a million poor families - a promise he has downplayed during the runoff vote."
"downplayed"? What the hell is this bullshit?
"downplayed"? What the hell is this bullshit?
I suppose they could weaselly claim "downplayed" means he hasn& #39;t talked about it as much. Could be some truth in that as Arauz, thanks to media bias, has had to spend time during 2nd round campaign responding to lies & wild distortions about his unpaid leave from the central bank
Moreno is so unpopular, that Arauz& #39;s unpaid leave (and eventual dismissal in 2020 with severance pay) was used by Lasso supporters to try to link Arauz to Moreno - to claim Arauz was part of Moreno& #39;s government. And thanks to media bias that tactic had a brief impact.
The huge problem for Lasso (which his attacks on Arauz cannot overcome) is that Moreno has essentially co-governed with Lasso these past 4 years. To put an exclamation pt on it, one of Moreno& #39;s former VP& #39;s just made frantic plea for people to vote for Lasso
"Low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic have left a third of the population in poverty and some 500,000 workers without stable employment."
Notice how Moreno (not under crippling US sanctions) is absolved by @Reuters of all responsibility for increased poverty?
Notice how Moreno (not under crippling US sanctions) is absolved by @Reuters of all responsibility for increased poverty?
