Could it be that CNN is overdoing its coverage of Michael Jackson’s death – pushing aside more pressing issues? If you said yes – then you are in agreement with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who charges that a challenge to the authority of his ally in Honduras, President Manuel Zelaya, is being ignored in favor of Jackson’s passing by the American cable news network, due to the ‘negative values of capitalism.’
This news item from Mexico’s El Universal says in part:
“The President of Venezuela has launched an attack on U.S. television network CNN for saturating the news with the death of the ‘King of Pop,’ while in Honduras, he warned, a coup d’état is taking place … ‘these are the evils of capitalism,’ he warned, asking supporters to ‘go to battle every day, the cultural battle, in a society bombarded by the negative values of capitalism.”
Translated By Miguel Gutierrez
June 25, 2009
Mexico – El Universal – Original Article (Spanish)
Caracas, Venezuela: The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, this evening criticized U.S. television network CNN for giving more coverage to the death of pop star Michael Jackson than to the situation in Honduras, where he said, a coup d’état is taking place.
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