The press is supposed to report news, not make it. I'm probably less of a Chavez fan than Seamus here, if such a thing were possible, and I'm going to say not only is he within his rights, he has a responsiblity to see to it that legiimate news outlets live up to their charter. To broadcast a soap opera and refuse to report on an ongoing coup, then continuously agitate the populus to try again when the coup was put down... this is the work of idealogues, not journalists. They crossed a line and they've become a propaganda tool, masquerading as a media outlet.

Now, if only Hugo could do something with those other bastions of anti-government propaganda, CBS News and the NY Times.