Sean Penn suggests prison time for

[Eric15210]

Journalists Who Call Hugo Chavez a Dictator 

At the end of a discussion of Haiti on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, actor Sean Penn went on a rant in defense of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, suggesting prison time for American journalists: "every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. And this is mainstream media, who should – truly, there should be a bar by which one goes to prison for these kinds of lies."

This is a little strange, since a study by our Business and Media Institute of Chavez coverage from 1998 to 2006 found Chavez’s much-criticized human rights record was mentioned in only ten percent of stories, and he was described as a leftist in only 12 percent of stories. Maher shifted to Chavez and the end of the Haiti interview, asking Penn to make a case for his man Chavez:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/03/08/sean-penn-suggests-prison-time-journalists-who-call-hugo-chavez-dictator

[Fury]

Sean sounds like a little dictator in training. Should spend more time worrying about his junkie kid than white knighting for a dictator. 

[Eyeball Chambers]

Journalists Who Call Hugo Chavez a Dictator 

At the end of a discussion of Haiti on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, actor Sean Penn went on a rant in defense of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, suggesting prison time for American journalists: "every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. And this is mainstream media, who should – truly, there should be a bar by which one goes to prison for these kinds of lies."

This is a little strange, since a study by our Business and Media Institute of Chavez coverage from 1998 to 2006 found Chavez’s much-criticized human rights record was mentioned in only ten percent of stories, and he was described as a leftist in only 12 percent of stories. Maher shifted to Chavez and the end of the Haiti interview, asking Penn to make a case for his man Chavez:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/03/08/sean-penn-suggests-prison-time-journalists-who-call-hugo-chavez-dictator

Wow, I didn't realize Sean Penn was such a worthless bitch...

[BM OUT]

I think anyone who has banged Maddona should be quarantined so others wont catch any STDs.

[Kazan]

Guess Sean only likes free speech when he is the one talking. What a fuckhead, he should be deported to Venezuela on principle alone.

[dario73]

If Sean likes Chavez so much, why doesn't he just move there?

So many of these Hollywood types speak so negative about this country, yet they continue to live here. I am still waiting for Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin to pack up and leave.

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Journalists Who Call Hugo Chavez a Dictator 

At the end of a discussion of Haiti on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, actor Sean Penn went on a rant in defense of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, suggesting prison time for American journalists: "every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. And this is mainstream media, who should – truly, there should be a bar by which one goes to prison for these kinds of lies."

This is a little strange, since a study by our Business and Media Institute of Chavez coverage from 1998 to 2006 found Chavez’s much-criticized human rights record was mentioned in only ten percent of stories, and he was described as a leftist in only 12 percent of stories. Maher shifted to Chavez and the end of the Haiti interview, asking Penn to make a case for his man Chavez:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/03/08/sean-penn-suggests-prison-time-journalists-who-call-hugo-chavez-dictator

Does anyone care what Jeff Spicoli says anymore?

[Skip8282]

Guess Sean only likes free speech when he is the one talking. What a fuckhead, he should be deported to Venezuela on principle alone.

Dead on.

[OzmO]

Does anyone care what Jeff Spicoli says anymore?

Narley!