Danny Glover: Yet another Hollywood "useful idiot" who's under the impression he's smarter than he actually is.
The station has drawn concern in the U.S. Congress, where House members last week approved a measure to transmit radio and television broadcasts to Venezuela to ensure citizens receive "accurate news."
Chavez, an outspoken critic of the U.S. government and a close friend of Castro, regularly criticizes U.S. "imperialism" in places from Haiti to Iraq.
The Guardian newspaper of Britain reported that in one recent broadcast a swastika painted on a U.S. flag flashed across the screen.
Glover said the "control of ideas by the established media" in the United States also has created "a large degree of insecurity and fear."
The actor, a supporter of Chavez, praised Venezuela's elections in recent years as examples of democracy and said, "I've been encouraged by what I see here."
He read it in a script once that he was supposed to be smart.