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I'm Neem Asherazi.

I'm Adam Johnson.

We do these news briefs in between our regularly scheduled citations needed episodes

when I don't know the Associated Press reveals that a new Inspector General report from USAID

actually admits that the humanitarian aid convoy sent to Venezuela in February of 2019

was actually part of a regime change operation.

So we thought we'd talk about that.

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But Adam, this report was published on April 29th, 2021 by Associated Press, not the

nation, not in these times.

Well the way they framed it though was very much downplayed, but it should be the report.

It's pretty skating.

So this is the part of the show where I do a sort of extremely petty and naval gazing.

I told you so.

But if you're curious about reading my real-time coverage, which now that I'm rereading

and I hadn't read it since I wrote it over two years ago, it's like I'm pulling my

fucking hair out.

I wrote an article for Fair on February 9th, 2019 with the headline, Western Media Fall

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