Reply #79: Yeah, a golpista "rag." (How few people really use that word [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

in the last fifty years or so, right? Good lord. ~~~~ click ~~~~

Anywhere you look on the internet you'll find a quick reference to "El Universal's" absolute anti-Chavez bias.

The overconfidence of Chavez's foes—a diverse collection of middle- and upper-class political forces with tacit support from the United States —was exemplified by the columnist Omar Estacio writing in El Universal, a fiercely anti-Chavez daily. On the day of the voting, Estacio predicted Chavez's foes would prevail by a wide margin and soon be dancing in the streets "without attacking or offending anyone."

Less than 24 hours later, the federal electoral commission had reported Chavez had won by 16 percentage points and the opposition was calling for demonstrations, not dancing. By late Monday afternoon, El Universal reported that four opposition protestors had been wounded (one later died) by unidentified, but presumably pro-Chavez, gunmen at a rally.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7570-2004Aug17.html

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Too bad our own media has started its own descent into the lower regions only business like the Venezuelan "newsmedia" occupy. Maybe our people will snap out of it one day and get back to journalism.