Venezuelan news media are shifting Chavez's way

International Herald Tribune by Simon Romero | May. 27, 2007 (News Report)

As tempers flare around Chávez's decision not to renew the license of RCTV, the country's oldest broadcaster and a vocal critic, effectively shutting it down Sunday, a new media elite is emerging in Venezuela. It is made up of ideological devotees to Chávez, senior government officials and tycoons like Sarmiento. Full Story »

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William Wittmeyer
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 by William Wittmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

I would expect even the left-wing loonies over at the Herald Tribune to raise the alarm at the suppression of press freedoms. Here we have a soft peddling of Mr. Hugo Chavez authoritarian regime and his assault on all who disagree with him. All sources quoted are biased in favor of Mr. Chavez.

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