A Bit of a Contradiction
Jul. 17th, 2007 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skysailor"The most popular of Venezuela’s
TV stations was reaching viewers
again Monday, seven weeks
after leftist President Hugo
Chávez refused to renew its
license, forcing it off the air.
But RCTV, which had been
critical of Chávez, was available
only via cable and satellite,
which can be accessed
by about 30 percent of the
population. A state-controlled
station took over RCTV’s
channel under what Chávez
called an effort to democratize
broadcasting."
TV stations was reaching viewers
again Monday, seven weeks
after leftist President Hugo
Chávez refused to renew its
license, forcing it off the air.
But RCTV, which had been
critical of Chávez, was available
only via cable and satellite,
which can be accessed
by about 30 percent of the
population. A state-controlled
station took over RCTV’s
channel under what Chávez
called an effort to democratize
broadcasting."
