Chavez is probably still a little more than pissed off at the USA due to the support of the 48 hour coup.
As for his policies, some of them are too extreme. Confiscation of private land has taken place and the recently passed law with a long jail sentence for insulting the president. Then there are programs to provide cuban doctors for the poor which I do think is a good thing for the people (I'll leave aside any objections to the policy of supplying oil to Cuba).
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The press coverage of them is atrocious. Professional news companies will play clips of them with silly sound effects or smarmy comments about how they are looney.
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Whenever I hear things like this I'm glad that we have <a href="http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/">SBS news</a> here in Australia, they also have many in depth shows reporting events from around the world. The other government funded Australian channel, ABC, has good news as well. Any mistakes and lack of journalistic integrity is usually picked up by another program called <a href="http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/">mediawatch</a>
I've sometimes watched the PBS news, which doesn't seem bad at all. I guess it could be the sign of a mature democracy that the government funded television news are more informative that the private ones. From what I gather from posts from here and slashdot as well, many people realise that reading the newspaper is the best option in remaining informed. I do that as well, but the television news available from the government funded stations are not that bad at all.
As for any bias in the news I consume, I read a conservative newspaper to counteract any slight left bias in the television programs. Now I must emphasise that this bias is at most slight, indeed I think it is nonexistent most of the time. I find reading a conservative newspaper is great for myself as I would describe myself as leaning slightly to the left, it challenges your stance on issues. Their layout and use of language is also superior to their rival paper here where I live.
With these programs and media outlets accesible to me, I have no complaints about the media. I just avoid all the nonsense on the private stations.