Who needs it when you have Hugo Chavez? He'll tell you all you need to know.
And should the media not wish to be his parrot...:
Venezuela will not renew the license of an opposition-aligned TV station when it expires next year, President Hugo Chávez said Thursday, accusing the broadcaster of backing plots to topple him.
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''The television concession runs out on him [Radio Caracas Television Head Marcel Grenier] in March,'' Chávez said. ``So he had best start packing his bags and seeing what he's going to do after March. There will be no new concession for that coup-plotting television channel named Radio Caracas Televisión.''The channel, also known as RCTV, is among a number of private TV and radio networks that in recent years have strongly criticized Chávez's government and favored the opposition.
''No media outlet will be tolerated here that is at the service of coup-ism, against the people, against the nation, against national independence, against the dignity of the republic,'' said Chávez, wearing a red beret and fatigues in his year-end speech to troops.
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There was no immediate reaction from RCTV, which is one of the country's oldest channels and began broadcasting in 1953.
But will this be enough to sway the opinion of his greatest American fan?
