Rod Stoneman, Chavez: The Revolution will not be Televised. A Case Study of Politics and the Media (London and New York: Wallflower Press, 2008)

摘要

This book explores the challenges faced by the producers of the documentary The Revolution will not be Televised (2003), which is about the early years of the government of Hugo Chavez and specifically the short-lived coup of 11 April 2002. The sympathy of film directors Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain for Chavez is never in doubt throughout the documentary. The documentary's main significance is in the footage which debunks the Venezuelan opposition's claim that pto-Chavista gunmen in downtown Caracas were responsible for 19 deaths on the day of the coup, a version used to justify Chavez's overthrow.