2019-08-05: Social Media Postees

NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration's Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted "a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as "too easy on the Sandinistas," and…
fair.org/home/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela/

NPR Has Disgraced Itself in Its Venezuela Coverage
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration's Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted "a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as "too easy on the Sandinistas," and hir…
truthdig.com/articles/npr-has-disgraced-itself-in-its-venezuela-coverage/

El Salvador Reports First Day Without Homicides in Two Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-04
El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, announced Wednesday, July 31 its the first day without a single homicide since 2017. | RELATED: | Nicaragua Has Lowest Murder Rate in Central America: UN | The Salvadorean president who took office two months ago, celebrated the occasion in a statement made on his Twitter account, later confirmed by the attorney general…
telesurenglish.net/news/El-Salvador-Reports-First-Day-Without-Homicides-in-Two-Years-20190804-0009.html

Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup? A Reader
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-03
Behind much opposition violence stood U.S. regime-change NGOs. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/03/live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup-a-reader/

Nicaraguan 'human rights' director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-30
ANPDH's board members are accusing their director of stealing huge sums from US soft power organizations and inflating death tolls…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/30/nicaraguan-human-rights-director-accused-by-staff-of-massive-theft-of-us-taxpayer-money-death-toll-inflation/