Hugo Chavez: Televising the revolution




The Listening Post show

Summary: March 5, 2013, marked the end of President Hugo Chavez's 14 year reign over Venezuela, but his image lives on, everywhere. Depending on which news outlet you follow, Chavez is remembered as a dictator and a tyrant, or a charismatic visionary leader who stood up to the West. His media coverage seems as divided in death, as it was in life.