Morgue picture at centre of Venezuelan censorship

It's best to be open

Whilst I support President Chavez of Venezuela against right wing attempts to oust him led by the US ruling class I think it may be short sighted to try and censor news that is of concern to the whole population.

The best way to counter the use of news for right wing propaganda purposes in my opinion is to tell the truth including the truth about the news media outlets themselves and how they are funded and who they support.

Violent images reflect actual violence in the midst of our societies and not to show them just means to cover the news in a more shallow way.

Perhaps a set too far.

On the face of it, this seems to be a step too far. Muscling in because you disagree with the news is something not many people would condone. However I would still like to see more coverage of it before forming a definite opinion. But certainly this is going to be very, very hard to defend.

It seems in Western media, the clamping down on Globovision is reported without much fairness. This station broadcast erroneous inflammatory reports of government murderers and supported a coup which saw a brief stint of power for some cronies who abolished the elected assembly and the judiciary. This often simply reported as a government shut down of a private channel that criticised the government, which is technically correct but a very small part of the truth.

Perhaps a step too far

On the face of it, this seems to be a step too far. Muscling in because you disagree with the news is something not many people would condone. However I would still like to see more coverage of it before forming a definite opinion. But certainly this is going to be very, very hard to defend.

It seems in Western media, the clamping down on Globovision is reported without much fairness. This station broadcast erroneous inflammatory reports of government murderers and supported a coup which saw a brief stint of power for some cronies who abolished the elected assembly and the judiciary. This often simply reported as a government shut down of a private channel that criticised the government, which is technically correct but a very small part of the truth.

It's best to be not so open

Roger,

If you support Chavez, please consider to spend some time in Venezuela, for sure, after that, you will see the real truth for yourself finding out what is a media show for overseas and the true reality of the country in all senses.

Greetings from a Venezuelan