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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25 November 2008
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Written by HOV Canada
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Canadian supporters of Hands Off Venezuela wrote in protest to the
National Post about their biased coverage of Venezuela. The large number of well informed and passionate letters they received forced them to print one response in yesterday's paper.
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17 September 2008
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Written by Derek Wall - redpepper.org.uk
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Samuel Grove takes apart the pro-US, anti-Chavez bias of the Guardian’s Latin American correspondent Rory Carroll.
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04 February 2008
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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On Sunday, the weekly "left-wing" British newspaper The Observer ran a shameful attack on the Venezuelan political process and President Chávez in particular, under the title "Revealed: Chávez role in cocaine trail to Europe." Hands Off Venezuela is appealing to all supporters to complain about this biased and one-sided hatchet job. Here is a sample letter from the campaign that can be adapted as necessary.
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12 December 2007
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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On Friday, December 7th, Al Jazeera's programme
The Listening Post analysed the world's media biased coverage of the constitutional reform referendum. Amongst those interviewed was Alan Woods, founder of Hands Off Venezuela.
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25 November 2007
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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This World on the BBC dedicated its most recent programme to Venezuela. Unfortunately, it portrayed a vision of Venezuela that has no basis in reality and totally misrepresented the process of change happening in the country. It was neither fair nor accurate and was littered with dishonest smears that would be laughable if they weren't so dangerous.
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