In 2006, President Chávez announced that the terrestrial broadcast license for RCTV—Venezuela's second largest TV channel—would not be renewed. The channel's terrestrial broadcasts ended on 28 May 2007 and were replaced with a state network. RCTV was accused of supporting the coup against Chávez in April 2002, and the oil strike in 2002–2003. It was also accused by the government of violating the "Law on the Social Responsibility of Radio and Television". The director of the station, Marcel Granier, denied taking part in the coup. This action was condemned by a multitude of international organizations. Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American history at New York University stated that "Venezuelan media is chronically obsessed with Chávez, and critical in a way that would be completely alien for most US observers." After the media-backed 2002 coup attempt, Venezuela passed 'social responsibility' legislation regulating the media. Leftist media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) also questioned whether, in the event a television station openly supported and collaborated with coup leaders, the station in question would not be subject to even more serious consequences in the United States or any other Western nation.