Our Media, as ever, sharp as butter knives...

So, on the one hand, we have the New York Times saying that Hugo Chavez was dealt a huuuuge blow in recent elections:

President Hugo Chávez’s supporters suffered defeat in several state and municipal races on Sunday, with the opposition retaining power in Zulia, the country’s most populous state, and winning crucial races here in the capital, the National Electoral Council said.

But...in the very next paragraph:

Pro-Chávez candidates won 17 of the 22 governor’s races at stake. Many of the seats that Mr. Chavez’s supporters did win were in relatively sparsely populated rural states.

Conversely, we have our friends at McClatchy Newspapers saying just the opposite:

President Hugo Chavez's candidates won a majority of the governor's elections in Venezuela on Sunday, but opposition forces could point to gains with victories in several major states as well as the capital city, Caracas.

I guess I should be grateful because at least we have two different News Organizations actually going out there, doing their own reporting even though they come to day and night different conclusions.

My guess is that the Media really wants to lead with a story that Hugo Chavez got his butt handed to him, but the conclusions are mixed.  You can read the results either way.

This is why reading the news, and keeping track of the news is dependent on the viewer reading more than one source.