BBC - Bloody Bull Crap. Again. | Media Critiques |Axisoflogic.com

It's becoming more difficult to stretch our minds backward to when BBC meant truth and accuracy. Today's most recent untruthful attack on Venezuela is a case in point. [Their article is here.]

Phrases such as:

"Scores of protesters were killed in clashes during anti-government protests last year..."

... are meant to be inflammatory. Why does the BBC not clarify that all these deaths have been investigated and the perpetrators are now behind bars - both security forces and protesters? Why? Are they too lazy to check things out?

And:

"The officers involved have immunity from prosecution and no one has been held accountable."

This is blatantly untrue. No one involved in murder has immunity from prosecution in Venezuela these days.

This is in contrast to the February 1989 uprising against President Perez when 3,000 people were murdered by the army and the police and NO ONE was brought to book, either internally or internationally. The murdered citizens were thrown into mass graves.

Why doesn't the UN ask for the situation BBC reports to be investigated now as it never did back in 1989?

The Operations to Liberate the People were carried out to remove criminal elements holding whole areas in a state of terror. Heavily armed gangs were blackmailing and murdering the local population. Any extra-judicial killings have been investigated and the perpetrators tried and jailed.

The point is that if the government did nothing then the UN would say that there is no rule of law. Well, despite a crime rate that certainly needs to be addressed, there is a rule of law here.

Why don't you run a story on the almost 60,000 homicides in Brazil each year; or the 200 political killings that took place during Colombia's election campaign earlier this year; or the more than 120 people killed for political reasons in Mexico in the run up to the upcoming elections?

Why is it always Venezuela that you highlight negatively when there are plenty of sensational things happening in the three countries I just mentioned?

I'm not defending anyone here in Venezuela as there are plenty of problems; but I protest against the lack of balance in BBC reporting on Venezuela that still continues.

For example, the University the West of England did a study on BBC coverage of Venezuela from 1998 - 2008 and concluded:

The researchers looked at 304 BBC reports published between 1998 and 2008 and found that only 3 of those articles mentioned any of the positive policies introduced by the Chavez administration.

So between 2008 and 2018 nothing has changed.

Be so kind as to send a link to any story on Venezuela on your web site that highlights something positive about the country.

At least try to obtain a balance and be professional instead of biased and mediocre.

Arturo Rosales writes from Caracas.

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