Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty years of fake news and misreporting

by Alan Macleod

Book Overview

Since the election of President Hugo Chavez in 1998, Venezuela has become an important news item. Western coverage is shaped by the cultural milieu of its journalists, with news written from New York or London by non-specialists or by those staying inside wealthy guarded enclaves in an intensely segregated Caracas. Journalists mainly work with English-speaking elites and have little contact with the poor majority. Therefore, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032178752
• ISBN13: 9781032178752
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"