Just before dawn on 30 April, another effort at a army coup
was initiated by the Venezuelan resistance. The botched coup attempt seemed to
have failed by the end of the day, with one of its leaders seeking refuge in
the Spanish embassy, 25 of the soldiers involved asylum seeking refuge in the
Brazilian embassy and Juan Guaidó in hiding or running.
Many newspapers reported on this issue. In addition, many
social media users posted their view on this issue. Some newspapers made
positive news about Guaido and some newspapers made positive statements about
Maduro. Similarly, social media posts are divided into two.
Therefore, the attitudes of some selected newspapers were
examined. These newspapers are CNN, BBC, Sputnik, and Euronews.
In the same way, the most popular 1000 tweets were also
examined.
The analyzes were performed using the R programming
language.
The most commonly used words are Guaido, president and America. There is an objectivity in tweets. Only English tweets were examined. Therefore, these results do not fully reflect the truth.
Secondly the French newspaper euronews was examined. The most
used words in the news are Maduro and support. The most used words except
Maduro and support are Guaidó, Guaido, opposition and military.
There are 20 positive and 26 negative words related to
Maduro and Venezuela in the Euronews newspaper's report on the failed coup in
Venezuela. With a simple operation, this news is a negative news about Maduro
and Venezuela.
Thirdly the American newspaper CNN was examined. The most used words in the news are Maduro and Guaido.
CNN's report on the failed coup in Venezuela has 52 positive, 55 negative words about the situation in Venezuela and Maduro. With a simple operation, this news is a negative news about Maduro.
The fourth one is the BBC newspaper. In this newspaper, the most used words are Maduro, options and venezuela. After these words Trump, military and Pompeo are the most commonly used words.
The last newspaper is the Russian Sputnik newspaper. In this newspaper, the most used words are Maduro, President, Venezuela and Guaido. After these words Russia and opposition are the most commonly used words.
Sputnik reported a positive news about Maduro. In a simple process, it seems that the newspaper supports Maduro and Russia's Venezuelan policies.
As it is seen, these newspapers are far from being neutral about Venezuela. Unfortunately, newspapers reflect the attitudes of the countries in which they are located. Therefore, it is very difficult to reach neutral and truth news about Venezuela nowadays.
