Conservatives slam CBC over commentary calling Maduro ‘man of the people’

Conservative Members of Parliament have torn to shreds Canada’s state-run media channel for promoting an opinion piece calling now-deposed Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by the United States, a “man of the people.”

In an X post on Sunday, Conservative MP Sandra Cobena ripped the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) French radio division for promoting on X an opinion piece titled “Nicolas Maduro, the common man with the iron fist.”

“Calling Nicolás Maduro a ‘man of the people’ is an insult to the millions of Venezuelans who have suffered under his rule,” Cobena wrote.

“When a publicly funded broadcaster like CBC Radio sanitizes the image of an authoritarian strongman, it abandons its duty to truth and accountability.”

The opinion piece about Maduro stated that, as translated from French to English, he was a 63-year-old “former bus driver frequently (who) recalled his origins and liked to cultivate this image of a man of the people, simple and down to earth.” ---More...