Sunday, May 20, 2007

As any critical reader of news knows, what's reported depends in part on who reports it. Understanding the bias of the reporter or reporting agency should give readers a fuller sense of the event reported.

Or sometimes it just makes you weep.

ELIZABETH M. NUNEZ, Associated Press Writer, reports that "Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched Saturday to support a TV station aligned with opponents of President Hugo Chavez." It's rare, if not totally alien in the US to see this kind of support for freedom of the press. Chavez has done in Venezuela what most dictators do: consolidate power and dissemination of information to make himself look good. Those who marched bravely accepted the risk of jail.

So where does the land of American Idol reprort these events? Yahoo! entertainment news.

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