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One point to reinforce Glenn Greenwald's cogent critique of major mainstream media coverage of Venezuela and Cuba: Seldom mentioned in the coverage are improvements in the quality of lives of the great majority of Venezuelans and Cubans. Hugo Chavez has brought government services to people ignored by previous regimes. Although material gains have been marginal for the masses in Cuba since Fidel Castro took power, the education and health care systems, accessible to all, are impressive by any standard. We should neither want, nor expect, pro-Chavez or pro-Castro coverage, but certainly, in keeping with our tradition of journalistic balance, we should be getting more objective reports, pro and con, of developments in those countries.
