Chavez Declares War on Opposition Media in Venezuela
Addressing the nation on his weekly television show on Sunday, the Venezuelan president laid out plans for his next crusade, ordering his governors and mayors to draw up a “map of the media war” to determine which media are “in the hands of the oligarchy.”
Chavez said that “if it weren’t for the attack, the lies, manipulation and the exaggeration” of the private media networks, the Venezuelan government would have the support of at least 80 percent of the population. Recent polls have put Chavez’s popularity at a little over 50 percent.
Nursing a sore throat, which doctors reportedly asked him to rest by not speaking too much, (Sunday’s program lasted a mere five hours), the president told his red-clad audience that the media war is a daily conflict. “I beg you to stand up to this battle, all of you,” he implored his followers.
Chavez frequently criticizes opposition-aligned television stations and newspapers, at times holding up copies of the papers during public addresses to ridicule articles that criticize him.
That sounds very familiar.
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grrrrrrrrrrrrr
it sounds too familiar.
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Yuppers, sounds like the same tactic the “One” is using and has been his MO for quite a while:
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He holds his nose up in the air while he speaks down to us in his typical arrogant, condescending and sarcastic manner. What lousy leadership skills!
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It looks as if Venezuela has its own “Fairness Doctrine”.
This is the kind of public policy we have to look forward to.
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