On September 8, 2009 the Atlanta Journal Constitution carried the following information on page A3 in the column entitled, World In Brief.
Chavez, director hit Venice Film Festival…"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a movie star welcome Monday at the Venice Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary "South of the Border." Stone says "South of the Border" is meant to illustrate "the sweeping changes" in South America in recent years as a direct counterpoint to what he sees as Chavez’s depiction as a dictator by U.S. and European media."
The Smartfella? reads the above news brief to say that Oliver Stone believes that Chavez is getting a bad rap by the media calling him a dictator. In other words, Stone is saying he is not a dictator.
Immediately below the above news brief is another news brief which is entitled …
Media: Venezuela shutting them down. This article contains the following quote; "Opponents accuse Chavez of cracking down on dissent by silencing the media, noting the government closed 32 radio stations and two small television stations last month."
Hugo sounds pretty dictatorial to the Smartfella?.
Would I kid u?
