Gustavo Borges: Electoral fraud attempt fails in Caracas

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Gustavo Borges: Electoral fraud attempt fails in Caracas

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Francisco Carrasquero

VHeadline.com special correspondent Gustavo Borges reports: Private media outlets have, of course, tried to silence and conceal accusations made by the National Elections Council (CNE) which has reported an opposition attempt at electoral fraud. Voicing over a CNE announcement broadcast on all local TV and radio channels, the opposition loaded media organizations mistakenly (?) played a recording they are alleged to have planned to broadcast in the streets at 8:00 p.m. tonight to announce that President Hugo Chavez Frias had lost the referendum by an amazing 11 million votes.

The recording purported to announce first results of the referendum as being a resounding defeat for President Chavez Frias ... it was, in fact, a somewhat amateurish attempt to fake the voice of CNE president Francisco Carrrasquero.

The opposition media immediately sought to prevent information being leaked further and the chain-broadcast was shipped off the air without a single explanation or inquiry.
Minutes after the CNE went public with the accusation Luis Miquilena, claiming to be an opposition leader (he was formerly part of the Chavez government), went on-camera to claim that those responsible belonged to left-wingers Bandera Roja and unsuccessfully tried damage control by making a side comment that the whole thing had been "intended only as a joke.”

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=22439

[Gman]

1. Reminds me of FOX News on election night 2000

[mom cat]

2. Fortunately, this time it did not work.