Hugo Chavez Scolds
CNN for Coverage of Michael Jackson's Death
"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."
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'étatis
taking place.
Chavez said that the news
channel dedicated so much more time to the death of the dancer and singer than
to the people of Honduras and their president, Manuel Zelaya, who are now
risking their lives in the streets.
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"While the
people of Honduras are in the streets led by their president confronting danger
and potentially even death, CNN stuck all afternoon to broadcasting news
of the death of Jackson," Chávez said in his program Hello, President.
"Well, if
Jackson has died, may he rest in peace. But to spend all afternoon discussing
the awards he won and I don't know how many records?" the president
complained.
He warned that "these
are the evils of capitalism" and asked supporters who attended the program
that they "go to battle every day, the cultural battle," in a society
"bombarded by the negative values of capitalism."
