OP provides an interesting fact. There is no need to extrapolate more meaning than what's given: that there is media manipulation going on. To answer to your points more data points would be needed.
There are many interesting facts. i.e: you may look outside of your apartment window, and see thousands of folks protesting, closing roads, fighting the police, etc. Then turn on the TV for more info, and voila! no news, everything is fine according to local TV.
The fact is either irrelevant to discussion (in which case it is off-topic) or it isn't (in this case we have to extrapolate more meaning to link those two).
Or the listener can decide how relevant it is, because this thread is about Venezuela, the protests, and the internet, and the fact is about Venezuela, the protests, and the internet.
Every fact shared isn't required to be an explicit part of a marketing campaign, is it?
edit: it's depressing that this whine is floating above video of police actually kicking unarmed people in the head and (possibly) shooting at cameramen.