Good night, for now
Katy says: It’s getting late, and things in Venezuela seem to have calmed down a bit. Tomorrow is sure to bring more unrest, but for now, I leave...
A word of caution for my fellow destabilizers
Katy says: As we read the news on the student protests and watch the government’s heavy-handed approach to dispersing the crowds, we are reminded of the wave of...
What it's really about
Katy says: As we restlessly digest our confusion, sadness and outrage over the RCTV shutdown, it’s easy to forget the big picture – why did Chávez make this...
Put simply...
Quico says: The backstory is surely more complicated than this, but personally I can find nothing to disagree with in this Reporters Without Borders statement: Reporters Without Borders...
Freedom of Propaganda
Quico says: “Chávez has been blessed with great enemies: they’re so hard to defend” my friend replies when I express my distaste about RCTV chief Marcel Granier’s elevation...
Is there an Emmy for irony?
Quico says: Check out CNN’s package on RCTV. It’s a good, hard hitting piece…with one colossal, deliciously suggestive blunder. Notice the footage they show as they explain that...
Doing Orwell proud
Quico says: One of the most striking aspects of the RCTV Shut-Down episode has been the scale of the rhetorical U-Turn involved. These days, with regime apologists arguing...
"The principle of the impartiality of the state"?! Whassat??!
The European Parliament says: A. whereas media pluralism and freedom of expression are an indispensable pillar of democracy, B. whereas media freedom is of primary importance for democracy...
VIO School of Hackery and Hucksterism
Quico says: So this memo made its way to my inbox… PRESS ADVISORY / BOOKING MEMOCONTACT: MEGAN MORRISSEYMAY 22, 2007TEL: 202-347-8081 X602 – [email protected] VENEZUELA’S RCTV CAUSES CONTROVERSY...
Vivanco gets it
Katy says: Human Rights Watch came out with a statement today blasting the Chávez government for shutting down RCTV, Venezuela’s oldest and most critical TV network. One of...
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