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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 (Contact Us)

BBC: Changing the facts "in simplifying the tale" Print E-mail
Written by Ecuadorian Movement in the UK, MERU   
Monday, 15 December 2008 11:28
Editorial Committee of BBC Trust upheld Ecuador´s complaint and admitted the breach of the guidelines on accuracy.
 
Letter to The Guardian in response to a biased article Print E-mail
Written by Darrall Cozens   
Wednesday, 26 November 2008 07:39
We publish here a letter by Darrall Cozens of the National Steering Committee of HOV Britain. The letter was sent to The Guardian newspaper in response to a biased article published just before the elections on Sunday.
 
Letter writing campaign against biased coverage a success Print E-mail
Written by HOV Canada   
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 08:13
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.
 
Carroll in wonderland: how the Guardian misrepresents Venezuela Print E-mail
Written by Derek Wall - redpepper.org.uk   
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 06:32
Samuel Grove takes apart the pro-US, anti-Chavez bias of the Guardian’s Latin American correspondent Rory Carroll.
 
Shameful propaganda attack on Venezuela in The Observer newspaper Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Monday, 04 February 2008 19:35
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.
 
Al Jazeera's Listening Post comments on media coverage of Venezuelan referendum Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 04:52
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.
 
Dishonest BBC documentary smears Venezuela - complain! Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Sunday, 25 November 2007 22:08
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.
 
President Chávez and the Spanish King, who was disrespectful to whom? Print E-mail
Written by Melanie MacDonald and Jorge Martin   
Tuesday, 13 November 2007 10:40
We, activists at Hands Off Venezuela have come to learn that the first rule when reading most media coverage about Venezuela is to turn it around 180 degrees If we want to find out the truth! A case in point is the recent coverage of the exchange between Chavez and Spanish King Juan Carlos I at the 17th Ibero-American summit in Chile in which the King told Chavez to shut up.
 
Biased Macleans article on Chávez - letter writing campaign Print E-mail
Written by HoV Canada   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 11:19
Macleans magazine, one of the major current affairs magazines in Canada, has recently published one of the most biased anti-Chavez articles ever seen in the country. HOV Canada has taken up the article, along with organisations in the US, in an effort to combat the distortions and out-and-out lies.
 
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