 Marcel Granier nenhepfenyuro yake yeterevhizheni vakapomerwa mhosva yokutsigira kuedza kupidigura hurumende kwaApril 11, 2002mukurwisana naPurezidhendi Hugo Chávez, hurumende pfupi yaPedro Carmona Estanga, uye kuramwa mabasa kwakazara kwakatanga musi waDecember 2, 2002 uye kwakapfuurira kusvikira musi waFebruary 4, 2003. Zviitiko izvi zvakaguma nokuramba kwehurumende kuvandudza rezenisi reRCTV rokuparidzira munhepfenyuro dzevanhu vose. Granier anoti rezenisi iri harina kufanira kuvandudzwa uye kuti uku kwaiva kudzima basa zvisiri pamutemo kwehurumende. Pakuvharwa, Chavez akataura kuti RCTV yaizorangwa nokuda kwekutsoropodza hurumende, zvikurukuru nokuda kwokuva bourgeois uye nokuda kwekufurira. Granier navamwe vatungamiriri vari panhepfenyuro vanorwira kudzoka kwayo kumasaisai enhepfenyuro yavanhu vose. Mapoka anorwira kodzero dzevanhu akashora kuvharwa kwebasa, naThor Halvorssen weHuman Rights Foundation achidana kuvharwa kwebasa kuti kutama kwekupedzisira mukuronga kwake kwaChavez kuvhara manzwi ose akazvimirira. 