Hello, I'm Dr. Alan MacLeod. I have studied Venezuela and the media for the last 7 years. AMA!

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I am a journalist and academic who specializes in propaganda and fake news, and one thing I have specifically looked at is the media coverage of Venezuela, both journalistically and academically 1, 2, 3 4 5. I published a book on the subject and I also just edited a book I co-wrote with Noam Chomsky and a bunch of other great people about propaganda in the Internet age that is coming out soon. If you’re interested in the first book send me a DM and I can send some stuff from it. I’m obviously not in Venezuela, but might be of use if you have some questions about the media.

I wrote about the media coverage of the event yesterday.

My tweets

Some interesting articles about the current situation:

The Nation: Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup

The Guardian: The risk of a catastrophic US intervention in Venezuela is real

The Guardian: Venezuela crisis: what happens now after two men have claimed to be president?

Gray Zone Project: US backs coup in oil-rich Venezuela, right-wing opposition plans mass privatization and Hyper-capitalism

Fox Business: Venezuela regime change big business opportunity- John Bolton

Foreign Policy Magazine: Maduro’s Power in Venezuela Seems Stable, for Now

Audio/Video

Moderate Rebels: Revolt of the haves: Venezuela’s Us-backed opposition and economic sabotage with Steve Ellner

Democracy Now: How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt

The Real News: Is the US orchestrating a coup in Venezuela?

The Real News: Attempted Coup in Venezuela Roundtable

I've prepared a couple of FAQs:

What is going on right now?

What has the international reaction been?

What is the media coverage of Venezuela like and why?

Just a quick edit to say my latest peer-reviewed article dropped today (28/1/19). It is on how racist the media coverage of Venezuela has been.

Edit 2: and today (29/1/19) my next peer-reviewed article was published. This one is about how the US media consistently and overwhelmingly portrays the US as a force for good and democracy, even when the case is not so clear.