The brains behind the O'Biden-Harris administration and their mockingbird media are either delusional or playing a very deep game to take the U.S. down a notch-or-three versus the rest of the world.
I still haven't figured it out.
From FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting), April 21:
Former and current Brazilian President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva’s brief honeymoon with US corporate media hit its first roadblock this week as a minor story repeated in Reuters and AP generated headlines in Brazil’s newspapers, with its largest, O Globo, running an editorial with a thinly veiled coup threat.
After years of character assassination, US establishment outlets such as the New York Times eased up on Lula during the last two years, as a series of scandals, record Amazon deforestation, the assassination of Guardian/Washington Post journalist Dom Phillips, and a cozy relationship with Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and their far-right cronies made it impossible to support the reelection of neofascist President Jair Bolsonaro.
Parallels between Brazil’s January 8, 2023, coup attempt and the January 6, 2021, US Capitol incursion placed US media outlets with close relations to the Democratic Party, such as the Times, in a difficult position. Criticizing the Lula administration could appear to offer tacit support to the Republican Party, in alliance with its preferred outlets like Fox News, which ran an election-season documentary (9/22/22) warning about the transformation of Brazil into a colony of its largest commercial trading partner, China, if Bolsonaro was not reelected.
Neutrality after negativity
This has resulted in an unusual situation, in which outlets such as the Times, after years of negative coverage (e.g., 4/12/14), have produced largely neutral stories on Lula’s Workers’ Party. Even as Lula’s diplomatic trip to China approached, this balanced coverage continued, as demonstrated in the Times‘ April 14 article, “Brazil’s Lula Meets Xi in China as They Seek Path to Peace in Ukraine.” The piece included this accurate explanation of Brazil’s position on the Russia/Ukraine conflict:
Brazil has criticized Russia’s invasion in carefully worded statements, but its position is complicated by its reliance on Russia for about a quarter of its fertilizer imports, which are crucial to Brazil’s enormous agriculture industry. Mr. Lula has also suggested that Ukraine’s president and NATO share some blame for the war, and he has resisted calls to send weapons to Ukraine.
Lula signed 15 bilateral agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping, including a joint venture for satellite manufacturing and abandonment of the dollar in trade between the two nations, and gave an interview to Chinese TV news station CGTN (4/15/23) in which he commented on the conflict in the Ukraine:....
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Bloomberg, April 19:
Brazil’s Lula Seeks Even Closer Ties China, in Slap to Biden
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came to an important decision during his visit to Xi Jinping last week: He will accelerate plans to move Latin America’s largest economy even closer to China and he doesn’t care if this upsets the US.
According to five high-ranking Brazilian government officials, the trip made it clear to Lula that China will be crucial to his goal of reviving Brazil’s industry. His plan includes courting Chinese companies to build new plants in Brazil, getting more funding from China and reducing the role of the dollar in foreign trade transactions, they said, requesting anonymity to discuss Lula’s strategy....
Foreign Policy, April 21:
Brazil Courts China to Boost Tech Ties
Lula believes Beijing can help—not hinder—BrasÃlia’s industrial ambitions.
If the goal is to alienate and realign 70% of the world's population away from the U.S., success is within sight.
