“Every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it, and accept it. And this is mainstream media. There should be a bar by which one goes to prison for these kinds of lies.”

—  Sean Penn

Referring to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, in an appearance on the HBO show Real time with Bill Maher http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/08/sean-penn-wants-reporters-jailed-calling-chavez-dictator/ (March, 2010)

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