Long story short, when those aid carrying trucks about 2 weekends ago, caught fire on the border, the theory that someone threw a military cocktail that caught fire to all of the trucks was floated with video as well. I've seen it, that someone we assume, was a protester. Upset with the report, even Venezuelans protested at the NYT building in the past two weeks.
Colombian Government Officially Denies New York Times Analysis
By David Unsworth
The New York Times has claimed its analysis proves Maduro's innocence in burning humanitarian aid, but it does nothing of the sort.
Last updated Mar 14, 2019
The New York Times video analysis is a prime example of its characteristic dishonesty (CD).
The New York Times has drawn the ire of the Colombian government and New York’s Venezuelan community in the wake of its dubious, pro-Maduro coverage of an incident involving the burning of humanitarian aid trucks on the Simon Bolivar Bridge on the Colombo-Venezuelan border.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000006385986/the-us-blamed-maduro-for-burning-aid-to-venezuela-new-video-casts-doubt.html
The video, which in typical New York Times fashion claims to be a stunning expose of the international media’s rush to judgment, brazenly suggests that Nicolas Maduro is completely innocent. The truly sickening sequence of clips starts by showing footage of a Venezuelan National Guard member standing in front of the approaching trucks, appealing for peace and tranquility.
The implication is clear: Maduro’s stormtroopers are appealing for order and justice in the face of an onslaught by an unruly mob seeking to infringe upon Venezuelan sovereignty. Of course, the reality is that the Venezuelan people would welcome the aid with open arms, were it not for the brutally violent machinations of Maduro’s minions…who are bribed for their loyalty with food.
The video proceeds to a clip in which it claims to show that a masked protester approaching from the Colombian side...
Read more at: https://panampost.com/david-unsworth/2019/03/13/new-york-times-dishonesty-draws-the-ire-of-venezuelans-colombian-government/
Much else can be found on the web about this.
