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TeleSur investigated for being propaganda mouthpiece for Chavistas
US Asks for Investigation of Telesur for Being Foreign Agent of MaduroThe US Justice Department may require Telesur to register as an agent of a foreign government.
Sabrina MartínBy Sabrina Martín Last updated Apr 4, 2018
The US Justice Department could initiate an investigation into the news network Telesur for acting as a foreign agent of the Nicolás Maduro regime on American soil.
The proposal came after a Republican congressman Joe Wilson, who represents South Carolina’s 2nd district, asked for an analysis of the Law on Registration of Foreign Agents and its potential implications for the Chavista media outlet.
On February 28, Wilson sent a letter to the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in which he suggested that Telesur seems to be acting under the foreign direction of the dictatorship in Venezuela; and that it is involving itself in political activities.
The Telesur network is for Venezuela what Russia Today (RT) is for Russia: a propaganda outlet that poses as a news organization to disseminate information that undermines the interests of the United States in Latin America.
The United States has a Foreign Agents Act, which states that its citizens “have the right to know who is active in the US, attempting to influence its government or its people, in the name of foreign interests.”
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https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2018/04/04/us-asks-for-investigation-of-telesur-for-being-foreign-agent-of-maduro/
You don't have to be a rocket surgeon (or a numb-skull Republican) to figure out that TeleSewer is to news what Trump is to effective leadership. As a matter of fact, TeleSewer and RussiaToday entered into an agreement last year whereby they "share" news stories on each others websites.
Good luck finding out the names of the authors of these outrageous news bits from Latin America. TeleSewer doesn't subscribe to the notion that journalism requires that the names of the authors of its hit pieces should have a name on the by-line.
