New Unspun investigate the BBC's coverage of Venezuela, including how regularly President Hugo Chavez is referred to as a democratically elected president compared to how often words depicting the president as autocratic or dictatorial have appeared.
By Mark Weisbrot - SouthoftheBorderDoc.com, Jun 18th 2010
Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and co-writer of the Oliver Stone film, "South of the Border," responds to Stephen Sackur’s article in The Guardian about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's recent interview with the BBC.
Dr. Lee Salter is the leader of the journalism programme at the University of the West of England. He spoke to NLP about his current research into BBC coverage of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
