UDenis MacShane uhlasela abaseBrithani kwesokunxele ngokuvikela uMongameli waseVenezuela u-Hugo Chavez ekuhlaselweni kwabezindaba, "Amaqhawe Amasha Amasha," kanye nama-demagogues angakwesokudla emhlabeni jikelele. Iqhinga lakhe lokukhuluma ukubeka isinxele ngomthetho omusha wemithombo yezindaba okuxoxwa ngawo kuKhongolose yaseVenezuela, athi "uzokhipha izigwebo zasejele ezifika eminyakeni emine ezintathelini ezimibhalo yazo engase idalule ulwazi oluphikisana 'nokuqina kwezikhungo zenhlangano. izwe.'"
Yebo umthetho omubi lo. Kunemithetho eminingana emibi ezincwadini zaseVenezuela, futhi empeleni amazwe amaningi esifundeni anemithetho "ye-desacato" eyenza kube yicala ukuthuka uMongameli. Ingabe izinhloso zikaMacShane - ukhuluma ngoKen Livingstone noRichard Gott - ziyayisekela imithetho enjalo? Ngingabheja ngemali enzima abangayenzi. Ngakho-ke uhla lwakhe olukhulu lokuhlasela luyadukisa uma kungekona ukungathembeki.
I-MacShane iphinde ikhulume kabi ngeqiniso lenkululeko yabezindaba eVenezuela. Eqinisweni, kunemithombo yezindaba ephikisayo kakhulu eVenezuela kunase-United States, kanye nohlu olukhulu kakhulu lwenkulumompikiswano kwabezindaba ezinkulu. Lokhu kungabonakala ngokubheka imithombo yezindaba ebaluleke kakhulu kuwo womabili la mazwe. E-US, ngokwesibonelo, akekho ngisho nabahlaziyi abaphiko lwesokudla abanolaka abanjengoRush Limbaugh noma uSean Hannity abangaveza umbono wokuthi uMongameli kufanele abulawe. Kodwa i-Globovision, enye yeziteshi ze-TV ezinababukeli abaningi eVenezuela, yayinohlelo lapho isivakashi senza lokho kanye.
Lesi akusona isibonelo esingavamile eVenezuela. Abezindaba lapho bavamise ukusakaza ukubika nokuphawula obekungeke kuvunyelwe ngaphansi kwemithetho ye-FCC lapha. Futhi iningi labezindaba eVenezuela lisalawulwa abaphikisi abangakwesokudla. Leli qiniso lalinjalo ungcwatshwe kumbhalo waphansi kumbiko weHuman Rights Watch onobandlululo olukhulu futhi odukisayo onamakhasi angama-230 ngeVenezuela.. Umbhalo waphansi uvumile ukuthi i-RCTV, elahlekelwe ilayisense yokusakaza yohlu olude lwamacala abengafaka abanikazi bayo ejele e-United States, isenababukeli abaningi kunawo wonke amathelevishini wombuso waseVenezuela ehlangene.
Ukube iMelika ibinabezindaba njengaseVenezuela ngabe uMengameli u-Obama akasoze aqokwa. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi iningi labantu baseMelika beliyokholelwa, njengoba labo ababona emithonjeni ephiko lwesokudla benza, ukuthi ungumSulumane ongazalelwanga e-United States. Cabanga ngeFox News kanye neWashington Times njengeningi lemithombo yezindaba yase-US - lokho kuyiqiniso eVenezuela, abezindaba kuphela abanepolitiki kakhulu futhi banembe kakhulu kunezitolo zethu ezinkulu eziphiko lwesokudla.
Kwenzekani lapho abezindaba bethu abakhulu besongela ukweqa umugqa futhi babe umlingisi wezepolitiki? Cishe abakaze bakwenze, kodwa emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kokhetho lukaMongameli wase-US lwango-2004, iSinclair Broadcast Group yaseMaryland, engumnikazi weziteshi ze-TV ezinkulu kunazo zonke e-US, yanquma ukusakaza ifilimu eyayisola lowo owayengenele uJohn Kerry ngokukhaphela iziboshwa zase-US. Vietnam.
AmaSenenja ayishumi nesishiyagalolunye eDemocratic Alliance wathumela incwadi ku-FCC yase-US ifuna kwenziwe uphenyo, futhi abanye bakhulume esidlangalaleni ukuthi ilayisense yokusakaza kaSinclair ingaba sengozini uma iqhubeka nezinhlelo zayo. USinclair uhlehlile futhi akazange ayisakaze ifilimu.
Abezindaba baseVenezuela abanqunyelwe kangako njengase-US Yebo lokho akusho ukuthi lo mthetho ohlongozwayo omusha, omubi kakhulu. Kepha futhi akukuthetheleli ukuhlanekezelwa kabi kweqiniso lenkululeko yabezindaba eVenezuela. (Ngisho noma lo mthetho omusha ubungase uphasiswe, ubungeke ube nomthelela omncane noma ungabibikho nhlobo, njengoba ubungeke usetshenziswe futhi cishe ubuyokhishwa yiNkantolo Ephakeme yezwe ngokuphambene nomthethosisekelo.) IVenezuela akuyona iColombia, lapho izintatheli kufanele zibaleke ezweni besaba izimpilo zabo lapho uMengameli ebagxeka.
I-MacShane isebenzisa iqiniso lokuthi ngemva kweminyaka engu-10 yokumelela kabi kwabezindaba ngaphandle kwamandla abalulekile aphikisayo, noma ubani angasho noma yini ngeVenezuela noChavez futhi ngeke kuphikiswe. Iqembu lezazi zaseLatin America lisanda kuthenga isikhangiso esigcwele ikhasi ku-Colombia Journalism Review ukuze kuqashelwe izinto eziqanjiwe yi-Associated Press.
Ngihalalisela amaNgisi asele ngokungagudluki kulobu budlabha bukaMcCarthyism. Sidinga isibindi esifana nalesi emhlabeni.
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