1.   Soap operas, or telenovelas, dominate Venezuelan television, running most afternoons and evenings.

2.   The fisticuffs, which were broadcast repeatedly on Venezuelan television, followed by two days press reports of an abortive coup attempt in the central industrial city of Maracay.

3.   The fight was captured live on Venezuelan television, which repeatedly ran footage of the incident.

4.   The tussle was captured live on Venezuelan television, which repeatedly ran footage of the incident.

5.   Venezuelan television showed plainclothes gunmen firing wildly, using semi-automatic handguns, as people scrambled in fear through streets shrouded in the smoke from police tear gas.

6.   Venezuelan television showed plainclothes gunmen firing wildly, using semiautomatic handguns, as people scrambled in fear through streets shrouded by the police tear gas.

7.   Many Venezuelan television stations have come under fire for blacking out coverage of pro-Chavez protests during the coup.

8.   The festival, where prizes are handed out to Venezuelan television stars and a queen is crowned, continued hours after the tragedy, local reporters said.

9.   The festival was to hand out prizes to Venezuelan television stars and crown a queen of the festival.

10.   Venezuelan television news cameras caught the four on film firing guns toward the direction of the march.