Hello Everyone,

I was shocked and horrified at the one-sided coverage given Hugo Chavez in your program. How can it be that a leader who shuts down television stations and denies freedom of the press is lauded with such praise and given such accolades? If this is suppossed to be a "documentary" containing news, where were the hard hitting questions? Where was the other side of the story? Where was the real journalism and search for the truth? I just sat through one hour of propaganda, and now I feel absolutely sick. How can you call yourselves independent, authentic, newsworthy, realistic, or serious if you promote this kind of programming? I am used to news with a slant, every network leans one way or another, but this? This was not a slant, this program was a deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the producers. Oh wait, thats the definition of propaganda (check wikipedia) word for word. Gee, no coincidence there.

Answer me this, if the slowly forming dictatorship in Venezuela is so good, how come news organizations such as Al Jazera ran this:

"Tens of thousands of people have marched in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, to protest against government plans to take Radio Caracas de Television (RCTV), a network critical of Hugo Chavez, the president, off-air.

Chavez's government has been criticised for its decision by press freedom groups, Amnesty International, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States and the Roman Catholic Church.

Chile's senate also condemned Venezuela's move in a nonbinding resolution last month."

Yet, LINK seems to think that things are just great in Venezuela. Despite what AI or the OAS seems to think... Call this alternative programming? Think Propaganda. Someone is trying to change your mind, I wonder who had a hand in paying for the "documentary"...