[lbo-talk] Exit Polls: Chavez Defeated

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Aug 17 18:10:06 PDT 2004


Michael Pugliese wrote:


> Compelling film yes. But, not w/o critics,
>http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200405200431
>The Revolution will not be televised
>By Phil Gunson, Columbia Journalism Review

Vcrisis is a reactionary site, no? And the CJR embodies all the idiocy of conventional American journalism.

Lovely passage, this:


>In Bartley and O'Briain's film, the chavistas (as the president's
>supporters are known) are invariably poor, brown-skinned, and
>cheerful. The opposition, on the other hand, is rich, white, racist,
>and violent.

Outrageous!

Doug



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