This is very poor journalism because there is hardly even token commentary about the reasons the station closed down would not have been allowed to broadcast in many democratic countries. Like most coverage of Chavez, this is so biased as to preclude any meaningful evaluation of the true condition in Venezuela. I will continue to buy gasoline at Citgo as much as possible in support of Venezuela.

No, this is propaganda, not reporting. FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3107 ) states that, "RCTV and other commercial TV stations were key players in the April 2002 coup that briefly ousted Chávez's democratically elected government. During the short-lived insurrection, coup leaders took to commercial TV airwaves to thank the networks. "I must thank Venevisión and RCTV," one grateful leader remarked in an appearance captured in the Irish film The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. ... RCTV hosted top coup plotter Carlos Ortega, who rallied demonstrators to the march on the presidential palace ... That commercial TV outlets including RCTV participated in the coup is not at question; ... More »

What this story fails to say except for Chavez bashing is that this TV station was involved in the 2002 coup to overthrow an elected government. When the coup failed RCTV ran movies instead of the news and that abdication of public service at a time of crisis has more to do with their license not being renewed than claims of Chavez's being the bad guy. This propaganda is very similar to the style of "reporting" being done about Chile when Allende was the guy our gov't did'nt like.

The questions that remain REALLY are not what quickly meets the eye. One must understand the history of Venezuela and its media before judging its leaders. One may ponder why Chavez didn't clamp down sooner.

I would rate the American Media the same as above. This is nothing more than propaganda. At leasrt Chavez didn't break the law by shutting down the station before its license ran out.

The questions that remain are: For how long will the people permit this clown to abuse them, and/ or their erstwhile trading partners? Eventually there will be some violent clashes that almost always hurt innocents the most. This is a festering wound!