In the heated media war over Venezuela, studies produced by well-funded NGOs (usually with ties to powerful states) have been regularly cited by the western corporate media to paint a grim picture of the country
The anonymous blogger at Interventionswatch writes: The ‘former General’ is Khalifa Haftar, who spent years living in Virginia in the U.S.…
Dear Alice Bell I understand you recently complained to the BBC about racist behavior on the part of a BBC presenter. Glad you complained,…
Corporate journalists have sometimes complained that I address them with an excessively harsh and undiplomatic tone. Below is an email to Reuters…
Others chime in at various points as well *** Stephen Zunes I’m losing patience with people who attack the credibility of Amnesty…
Email below was sent by Keane Bhatt on April 15, 2014 to Daniel Wilkinson, Miguel Vivanco and Ken Roth – all are…
Periodically, the Media Lens editors debate UK Guardian (formerly UK Independent) columnist Owen Jones on Twitter. The Media Lens editors challenge Jones…
In a blog post for the New York Review of Books, Daniel Wilkenson of Human Rights Watch (HRW) wrote “Supporters of Chávez…
It took a lot of prodding but I finally got the UK Guardian to correct an error in an article about Venezuela…
Dear Editors: The Washington Post editors claim regarding recent violent protests in Venezuela that “at least 34 people have been killed, most…
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