NPR on Chavez

From Eric:  "Note the typical liberal condescension towards the masses in this incoherent obituary of Hugo Chavez from National Public Radio: while he "claimed capitalism was destroying the world" under "what he called the American imperialist yoke," the parasitic workers of Venezuela were attached to him merely because he "showered" them with "social programs." According to NPR, what really "resonated with the masses" were playful tricks like when he "sang to his audience." But watch out! The masses are so passive and animal-like that Chavez "whipping up crowds into a frenzy" presents a real danger, especially given his inexplicable, "almost mystical connection with poor Venezuelans." In the section entitled "opposition to the U.S." we are given a shocking example of his hatred of the United States: his opposition to the U.S. ran so deep that he even went so far as to help "poor Americans heat their homes"! Luckily, they only American he seems to have whipped up into a frenzy is Oliver Stone. Indeed, we are told that precisely what the first two-thirds of the obituary argued in fact turns out to have been nothing more than a "rosy gloss" from a "glowing" film by said director! "In the film, the Venezuelan populist is thronged by adoring crowds and portrayed as an influential regional leader fighting American imperialism." The white man from NPR knows better: the dumb brown masses only think they love Chavez, who only pretends to be against "what he called the American imperialist yoke." In fact, while he made the masses "feel like they were part of something bigger," a white liberal 'expert' gets the final word: "he really was an autocrat and a despot.""