Thug known for shutting down independent media gets journalism award

Seriously:

Hugo Chavez is getting a journalism award in Argentina.

The Venezuelan leader regularly threatens opposition media, but the University of La Plata is giving him an award for what it describes as his work giving people without a voice access to the airwaves and newspapers.

Chavez is getting an award from a state-run university for propping up state-run media.

Chavez doesn’t just “threaten opposition media,” btw — he backs up his threats pretty well.