I read this article in the Japan Times today while riding the train to work. Ted Rall really hits the nail on the head in this article about the media's complicity in support of the Bush administration viewpoint of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.

The Danger of Hugo Chávez's Successful Socialism
By Ted Rall

When the hated despots of nations like Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan loot their countries' treasuries, transfer their oil wealth to personal Swiss bank accounts and use the rest to finance (in the House of Saud's case) terrorist extremists, American politicians praise them as trusted friends and allies. But when a democratically elected populist president uses Venezuela's oil profits to lift poor people out of poverty, they accuse him of pandering. Continue reading here...