Data on audience share for television in Venezuela contradicts the widely believed and widely reported claim that the Chávez government dominates the television media. In reality, the opposite is true: Private channels overwhelmingly dominate the television media audience. The paid TV audience share jumps from 18.7 percent in May 2007 to 26.2 percent in June, an increase greater than the entire state TV audience share. ConclusionData on audience share for television for Venezuela contradicts the widely believed and widely reported claim that the Chávez government dominates the television media. In fact, radio and newspaper media present proportionately much more strident and partisan anti-government material than does most of the private television media.