Larry Cothren’s Sunday column selectively chose facts as well as omissions. In the interest of fomenting a fear of policies such as equitable access to health care and higher education, and mobilizing against climate change, he focused on Venezuela.
Cothren promotes fear with selective facts, omissions
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