Bart Jones

Bart Jones är f.d. korrespondent för AP i Caracas och har nu skrivit boken Hugo!, en biografi över Hugo Chávez. I Washington Post svarar Bart Jones på frågor om bl.a medias bevakning av Venezuela.

Many reporters often either "parachute" into the country and stay at five-star hotels, or live in very exclusive neighborhoods. They tend to see the country through the eyes of the elites, and don't always spend the same amount of time in Venezuela's impoverished barrios where Chavez has his support base. There are also other factors why the voice of Chavez's opponents get heard more loudly than his supporters. The opponents are wealthy, powerful people who are well-connected in the United States. The supporters are generally poor, powerless people with few connections.

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