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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)

Venezuelan Civil Society Groups Accuse U.S. of Fomenting Destabilization Print E-mail
Written by Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com   
Friday, 01 June 2007 07:48
Organizations, journalists, students, activists and intellectuals in Venezuela accused the national and international media of waging a campaign against Venezuela and of supporting destabilization plans that have been carried out in the country in the past few days. Chris Carlson Venezuelanalysis.com. 
 
Leading voices in Britain call for respect for Venezuelan government's RCTV decision Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Wednesday, 30 May 2007 11:09
The letter and a number of its signatories appeared in The Guardian newspaper (26 May).
 
Zero Hour for Venezuela's RCTV Print E-mail
Written by George Ciccariello-Maher - MRZine   
Wednesday, 30 May 2007 07:53
"For the non-renewal of RCTV to be a free speech issue at all, one would have to make the ... argument that ... Marcel Granier and media conglomerate ... (1BC), somehow represents an expression of the people's freedom rather than the freedom of its small group of shareholders."
 
Goodbye RCTV, welcome TVes! Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Monday, 28 May 2007 06:38
The licence for coup-plotting TV station RCTV expired last night. Venezuela has now a new public access channel, TVes. We have updated the list of signatures to our appeal on the RCTV case. We are also publishing two articles detailing US funding of Venezuelan journalists and analysis by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting on the media coverage of the RCTV case
 
Coup Co-Conspirators as Free-Speech Martyrs Print E-mail
Written by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)   
Monday, 28 May 2007 06:34
The story is framed in U.S. news media as a simple matter of censorship: Prominent Venezuelan TV station RCTV is being silenced by the authoritarian government of President Hugo Chávez, who is punishing the station for its political criticism of his government. [Analysis by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]
 
Documents Reveal U.S. Effort to Influence Venezuelan Journalists Print E-mail
Written by Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com   
Monday, 28 May 2007 06:30
Several major Venezuelan journalists have received all-expenses paid trips to the U.S. for courses in an apparent effort of the U.S. State Department to influence the media in Venezuela, according to recently released documents.
 
Venezuela and freedom of speech – 4 lies, 4 answers Print E-mail
Written by Alessandro Villari - HOV Italy   
Friday, 25 May 2007 09:45
Alessandro Villari, from Hands Off Venezuela in Italy, answers four of the most common lies in the media about RCTV and freedom of speech in Venezuela. 
 
Freedom of expression in Venezuela and the non-renewal of RCTV's licence – Hands Off Venezuela!! Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Friday, 25 May 2007 09:38
[UPDATED LIST OF SIGNATURES] An international appeal in defence of the non-renewal of RCTV's licence.
 
[VIDEO] Is the venezuelan TV channel RCTV being closed? Print E-mail
Written by Hands Off Venezuela   
Friday, 04 May 2007 14:32
The non-renewal of the licence to RCTV on the part of the Venezuelan government on May 27, has unleashed a campaign in the international media alleging that there is no freedom of expression in Venezuela. This 25 minute documentary explains the background to this decission. See also the Venezuela Information Office Fact-Sheet on RCTV
 
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