>Were it not for independent Internet news sources the developing story in >Venezuela would not have been made public. Without the Internet Vanguards, >the coup in Venezuela and the coup of information would have gone unchecked >or buried below the prejudices of many with the attitude of "Another >Central >American Coup, what's new". For 48 hours the mainstream media e.g. BBC, CNN >gave very little news about the grassroots support for Chávez that had >taken >to the street demanding his reinstatement. They did not keep the public >updated as to the fact that there were three changes in leadership. Instead >they tried to hammer home that Chávez (the Democratically elected leader) >'resigned', a resignation that they did not confirm as Chávez was not >allowed media access. A resignation at the barrel of a gun cannot be >considered valid. This was another clear case of distorted propaganda... >Now that the independent Internet medias have done their duty to inform the >public, the mainstream media has no choice now but to start bringing out >the >bits and pieces they have been hiding. Suddenly they are showing the >Pro-Chávez supporters on the streets demanding his re-instatement and as we >can see it is not hundreds but thousands, many thousands more than they >were >showing that called for his removal... >The lessons of the hypocrisy of the American and other European Powers are >being learnt quickly because the Internet is proving to be the largest >pressroom ever established. The U.S. cannot shut down all the websites in >the World at once; they may bomb independent media buildings or support >their big businesses in gobbling up these smaller media, but the small >non-commercial activists Websites are the real challenge. > >The Internet shows you do not need a building that can be bombed or any >easily identifiable structure to provide alternative news and views. You >just need a computer, a phone line and information, and guess what, you >don't have to own it. Just check your local library or Internet cafe. Mr Sidibeh, Thanks for the forward. BMK _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~