Rory Carroll: "Menghadapi AS membuatnya [Hugo Chavez] target untuk dem...

"Menghadapi AS membuatnya [Hugo Chavez] target untuk demonisasi. Jurnalisme partisan dan / atau bermalas-malasan membesar-besarkan kesalahannya, mengabaikan kebajikannya, dan meremehkan pengaruh lawan yang keras dan kadang-kadang anti-demokrasi. Sisi sebaliknya adalah sikap anti-imperialisnya yang begitu memukau para pemandu soraknya sehingga mereka mengabaikan kekurangannya, kekurangan yang semakin buruk seiring waktu, dan mereka menciptakan karikatur mereka sendiri."

--- Rory Carroll

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and downplayed the influence of strident and on occasion anti-democratic opponents. The flip side is his anti-imperialist posturing so dazzled his cheerleaders they overlooked his flaws, flaws which worsened over time, and they created their own caricature.