1. Senior French Official Compares Chávez to French Statesmen De Gaulle and Blum
(Matching tags: france, media coverage, Chavez)

U.S. media coverage of the passing of President Hugo Chávez has focused a great deal on the tributes and condolences of leaders of so-called “axis of evil” countries like Iran and Belarus. It has mostly ...

2. New York Times Reports False Statement on Venezuela’s Economic Growth During Chávez Years
(Matching tags: media coverage, new york times, venezuela, Chavez)

In an article by William Neuman, the New York Times reports that “Venezuela had one of the lowest rates of economic growth in the region during the 14 years that Mr. Chávez held office, according to World ...

3. U.S. and Canada Isolated as Latin American Leaders Acknowledge Chávez’s Regional Leadership
(Matching tags: media coverage, latin america, Obama, Chavez)

... an immediate wave of obituary pieces by pundits who described Chávez as “divisive”, “authoritarian”, “antagonistic” and “anti-American”, many of them eager to rush the “transition” in the hopes that Chávez’s ...

4. Media Bias in Brazil
(Matching tags: media coverage, Brazil)

The L.A. Times ran a very nice and uncommon report by correspondent Vincent Bevins about media bias in Brazil on Sunday.  The article notes that most of the major media is still controlled by the same ...

5. Chávez Haters Not “Limited by Truth, Reality or Common Sense”
(Matching tags: media coverage, venezuela, Hausmann)

... its charismatic president continues to be re-elected through some sort of sinister trickery. Sound familiar? It should: it’s the same tired story repeated in the U.S. and U.K. media almost every day, ...

6. Washington Post, Miami Herald Issue Embarrassingly Erroneous Editorials on Ecuador
(Matching tags: media coverage, fact-check, ecuador, Correa)

The Miami Herald editorial board commented on the recent reelection of Ecuador’s Rafael Correa earlier this week, noting that “opposition candidate Alvaro Noboa, whom Mr. Correa defeated 57 percent to ...

7. Reporting Ahead of Ecuadorean Elections Fits a Familiar Narrative
(Matching tags: media coverage, elections, ecuador, Correa)

International media reporting ahead of Ecuador’s elections today has sounded familiar themes, understating the achievements of the Rafael Correa government and attributing Ecuador’s recent economic and ...

8. Piñera Praises Chávez at CELAC Summit; Media Influences Public Opinion on Venezuela But Not So Much Governments
(Matching tags: media coverage, venezuela, CELAC, Chavez)

Image: This satire of El País' publication of a fake photo of President Hugo Chávez on its front page last week captures the quality of much media reporting on Venezuela.  El País is the most influential ...

9. Washington Post Predicts Disaster for Venezuela, So What if They Turn Out Wrong for the 19th Time?
(Matching tags: media coverage, venezuela)

The Washington Post editorial board has long been one of the most shrill voices in the U.S. against the left governments of Latin America, and of course most apoplectic about Venezuela.  I have often suspected ...

10. 'Times' Fails to Include Expert Opinion in Discussing Argentina Media Law
(Matching tags: media coverage, media, Argentina)

In a New York Times article over the weekend, Simon Romero and Emily Schmall report on the “battle” between the Argentine government and Grupo Clarín, the country’s largest media conglomerate. The “battle” ...