"I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I'm sorry, but it was like watching Russian propaganda,"
"I see all of the strategic advantages of what he's done. Trust me, I do. I see that other countries like Russia and China and Cuba were all over Venezuela and its oil, posing a potential threat to the United States. I get that. That's actually the most persuasive argument and obviously the real one and none of this bullsh*t about law enforcement."
"And that's fine. I love our military as much as anyone, and I believe in President Trump, but there are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution before we just get on the rah-rah train, alright? I have done that enough times in my career as a Fox News anchor to have been embarrassed enough to know I'm going to stay on the yellow light for this. I'm not in the green-light territory. I'm not in the red-light territory either. But I am staying in the yellow-light territory for now."
Fox News' coverage of the Trump administration's action against Venezuela displayed enthusiastic, uncritical support resembling propaganda and lacked journalistic skepticism. Caution was urged despite recognition of strategic advantages from countering Russian, Chinese, and Cuban influence over Venezuelan oil. Law-enforcement justifications for intervention were dismissed as pretext. Historical examples such as Iraq and Libya illustrate that leadership decapitation and intervention often produce quagmires and fail to yield stable outcomes. Concerns about deploying ground troops raised questions about who would serve and highlighted reservations about sending young Americans into uncertain conflicts.
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