International Media Barely Raises Eyebrow over Assassination of Pro-Government Legislator in Venezuela | venezuelanalysis.com
International media outlets appear to have taken a similar approach to
the Venezuelan opposition, downplaying Serra’s assassination and the
hypothesis that it was a pre-planned act of political terrorism. As
such, articles by Reuters, the BBC and others were quick to draw
attention to the country’s crime rate in their articles reporting the
high-profile murder. Perhaps the most obfuscating article was the
Christian Science Monitor which led with, “Venezuelan politician’s
murder: More pressure on Maduro to crack down on crime”. Fox News
meanwhile headlined: “Venezuelan lawmaker who taunted government
opponents slain at home”, a slur for which the article itself provided
no evidence.
