On The Media

Chavez in Charge

December 10, 2004

Antagonism between the government and the press is something we're used to. But in Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez, that antagonism has approached all out war. Private media owners there side with the opposition movement, and were key players in the failed coup of 2002. Chavez loyalists, meantime, are blamed for violent attacks on anti-Chavez journalists. This week, Chavez signed the Law of Radio and Television Responsibility, a law that human rights groups call a serious threat to democracy. Carole King reports.

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