Media Watch
Lies, slanders and half-truths. This is what the mass media generally publish about Venezuela. We aim to draw attention to these articles, reply to their distortions and mobilise the pressure of public opinion through letter-writing campaigns, etc. Please let us know if you find an article or report on Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution that you think is inaccurate and we should reply to (
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18 April 2007
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Written by Justin Delacour - Venezuelanalysis.com
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With the recent
departure of Financial Times correspondent Andrew Webb-Vidal from his
post in Caracas, now is as good a time as ever to review Webb-Vidal’s
partisan and sometimes erroneous coverage, in hopes that the Financial
Times will turn over a new leaf in its future reporting of the country.
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14 April 2007
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Written by Charley Allan - Hands Off Venezuela
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Britain's journalists pledged support yesterday
for the Bolivarian Revolution with a near-unanimous vote to "build
solidarity with the new progressive media in Venezuela, such as Vive,
Telesur, Avila, Aporrea, VenezuelAnalysis and Diario Vea."
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03 April 2007
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Written by Venezuelanalysis.com
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Venezuela's Telecommunications Minister, Jesse Chacón, said today
that the TV channel that will replace RCTV, whose broadcast license
expires May 27, will be the country's first true Public TV channel. That is,
while the signal will be broadcast by the state, independent TV
producers will create the programming for the new channel.
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14 March 2007
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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After receiving complaints about biased
reporting in the Toronto Star on Venezuela, The Ontario Press
Council has ruled that the stories in question did indeed lack balance. We
provide here several documents and letters detailing the events of the case and
the ruling.
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01 February 2007
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Much of the media internationally repeat the lies and half truths about the alleged "lack of freedom of the media" in Venezuela. Today's editorial and front page of the opposition newspaper TalCual, comparing Hugo Chavez with Hitler, would have gotten the editor on trial in most Western democratic countries. In Venezuela it is allowed to publish freely. Have a look.
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