More ranting on NYT and Venezuela

You can see from this list of NYT articles on Venezuela that the majority have an agenda to discredit Venezuela's society and politics. Most of the non-baseball articles are about political prisoners, alliances with other baddies (China, Iran, etc.), societal breakdown. Even the titles tell us that these will not be fair, considered treatments of local issues. It's as if the authors feel the need to write from a biased point of view to prove that they're loyal Americans or something. So here's a memo for all NYT writers: we of good faith presume and accept that you are loyal, patriotic citizens of the US. If you weren't, you presumably would have moved somewhere else more amenable to your beliefs. Writing honest accounts is part of your job, even when dealing with regimes unfriendly to the US. Those right-wing commentators in the US that question the integrity and patriotism of NYT writers will continue to do so whether or not you write jingoistic, anti-Venezuelan slop, so please don't compromise your duty to inform the rest of us in order to impress your detractors.


All that said, here is a rare, non-politicized article from NYT's Venezuela coverage. It also happens to touch on a topic dear to me: indigenous land management using fire, and the controversies it inspires.