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You can't trust the media on Evo Morales

You can't trust the media on Evo Morales

Socialists are being taught an important lesson in skepticism towards international reporting.

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Carl Beijer
Aug 22, 2020
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When the BBC broke news this morning that exiled Bolivian leader Evo Morales has been accused of rape, I didn’t believe it. I wasn’t skeptical of the charge because I had any countervailing evidence about what had happened. I didn’t harbor doubts because of some personal judgment about Morales himself, though as far as I can tell he seems to be a profou…

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