Talk:Public image of Hugo Chávez

message: I question the POV of this article.  It seems mostly anti-Chavez, rather than "fair and balanced."
I believe tottaly the opposite, the article is very prochavez! Eva Goliner is the ONLY cited bibliography, and she is completely pro chavez  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.79.222.123 (talk) 03:58, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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message: What do you think about adding a sample of ten links to media coverage about chavez? Ideally group the references into camps or select representative points of view. I assume that class struggle would be the main division. {rich vs poor)
I found this article (href=http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=52184) to be interesting. It contains a video link and a rebuttal to the video.
A reference to The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (documentary) I think would be something you'd want to have here.
(This section seems to be so well planned out that I hesitate to "jump in".)
(MartinGugino 07:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  no links? 

message: Why is this article limited to media representation in Venezuela only? It could be profitably expanded. Self-Described Seabhcán 17:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outside Venezuela 

message: This article really needs some sources. I'll tag the sections in due course.--Zleitzen 23:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole thing is seriously neglected, and needs a major expansion.  There is volumes of literature on the topic, and I just don't have time to get to all of it.  It would be nice if some of the many other editors would construct rather than deconstruct :-)  Sandy 01:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll try and concentrate on this article over time. As it has some interest to me! --Zleitzen 01:03, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I'll go through my sources and post anything here that might help you.  I'm not good at using El Universal's Spanish search engine, though.  Sandy 01:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: There are two sources that may help you locate reliable sources:  VCrisis.com on the pro-democracy side, and as I've learned from Flanker, Venezuelanalysis on the pro-Chávez side.  Neither are reliable sources, but searching through their content might point you towards reliable sources.  For example, VCrisis carries a reprint of an old Naim article, which gives a very good overview of the factors that led to Chavez (material that is missing in the Chavez articles) .
ElUniversal.com has a search engine in English and in Spanish, but I don't know the names in Spanish of the laws passed by Chavez, so I haven't searched on them.
Some of what I have at hand:
Page 9 of the Noriego Senate testimony discusses laws restricting TV stations: 
Amnesty International, see Freedom of expression:  
Human Rights Watch, Senate testimony: 
HRW has numerous articles about manipulation of the press, curbs on freedom of expression, and the media laws:  
*Curbs on Freedom of Expression Tightened
*Media Law undercuts freedom of expression
*Censorship and "Insult" Laws
*Limit State Control of Media
*Journalists caught in the crossfire
The Shifter article is an overview:   It discusses the changes in laws on page 48.  Foreign Policy has another overview, which discusses the media laws:  
Thor Halvorssen's Chavez vs. the Media:  
Another Halvorssen article, and responses to Halvorssen from the liberal Larry Birns and Mark Weisbrot, of cepr.net  (Weisbrot and Birns are consistent Chávez defenders, Halvorssen is a critic.)   I have not been able to use any of the liberal rebuttal material there, because it is a letter to the editor, rather than hard news, but it will give you some leads for research.
At one point, Chavez's currency controls caused newspapers to run low on newsprint.  That was a Toothaker, Christopher, Associated Press report from March 19, 2003:  I don't have an online copy.  The opening sentence is "President Hugo Chavez is using currency controls to limit press freedom by denying Venezuelan newspapers the dollars needed to import newsprint, a newspaper director said Wednesday. ... The government published a list this week of 6,000 imported items, such as medicine and food, that will be eligible for private dollar purchases at a date to be announced.  Newsprint is not on the list, although the government says it may be in the future."
Sandy 02:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: General sources

message: *In Venezuela, critics pan an arts `renaissance' 
*Open Democracy
*Indira A. R. Lakshmanan. CHANNELING HIS ENERGIES ; VENEZUELANS RIVETED BY PRESIDENT'S TV SHOW; Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.: Jul 27, 2005. pg. A.1
*Danna Harman. Latin strongman rebels against US-centric news; Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Mass.: May 13, 2005. pg. 01 
*Jackson Diehl. Chavez's Censorship; Where 'Disrespect' Can Land You in Jail; The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Mar 28, 2005. pg. A.17 
*Carol J. Williams. Venezuela Places Limits on TV, Radio Broadcasts; Vulgarity, violence and images that 'cause anguish' are out of bounds. A directorate will monitor media and hand out punishments.  Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Jan 30, 2005. pg. A.8 
*Christopher Toothaker. In Venezuela, TV-Radio 'Gag Law' Is No Joke; The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Jan 29, 2005. pg. C.03 
*A Little Fidel in Caracas; Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Dec 18, 2004. pg. B.22 
*Juan Forero. Venezuela Chief Signs Press Law Some See as Aimed at His Critics. New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Dec 9, 2004. pg. A.5 
*Concern over Venezuela media law
*Venezuela's media war
*Venezuela TV station raided
*Chavez under media fire
*Venezuela press freedoms 'worsen'
*Venezuela's war of the airwaves
*TV battle in Latin America
*Venezuelans march for press freedom
*Castro in Caracas (discusses PR expenditures)
Sandy 03:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Media reports

message: *"Chávez es prisionero de sus cadenas"
*'Chávez busca adoctrinarnos en sus recurrentes cadenas' 
*Chávez niega uso proselitista de cadenas
*Un récord mundial en uso de cadenas
*Las cadenas de Chávez, un dolor de cabeza
*Cadenas de una hora
*Cadenas legalizadas
*Improcedente amparo contra Chávez por uso abusivo de cadenas
*Caldera celebra limitación de cadenas
*Lo inusual de las cadenas
Sandy 03:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Abuse of cadenas

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message: This article should be deleted. It's a vulgar article to defend Chavez's policies. --Andrewire (talk) 10:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion

message: I've tried to balance attacks on Chavez with documented support for Chavez by a US official Mark Lloyd with the FCC. This has been deleted for having nothing to do with Chavez. Isn't it relevant that this leader which is strongly criticized by the US press was mentioned by name by the official in charge of "diversifying" US broacasting to balance excessive conservative content? Assuming that Lloyd is familiar with closing down radio stations and dissenting opinion by Chavez, that would be an example of Chavez policy affecting that in the US potentially, which would greatly be in favor of Chavez. BTW, Mark Lloyd is currently a blocked stub, no one is allowed to talk about Chavez and Lloyd in the same article over there. Bachcell (talk) 17:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Support by US officials

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Reference named "Kraft":
From Bolivarian propaganda:  
From Aló Presidente: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:15, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
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