cross talking media malpractise i'm joined by my guest alan macleod in edinburgh he is an academic and writer for fairness and accuracy.

cross talking media malpractise i'm joined by my guest alan macleod in edinburgh he is an academic and writer for fairness and accuracy in reporting as well as author of the new book bad news from venezuela twenty years of fake news and misreporting and in caracas we cross to point out he is a visiting professor at science pope lady and former vice minister of foreign affairs under president hugo chavez our gentleman rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it all right let me go to alan in edinburgh you're by far probably the best expert on this you've written a book about it and i have no question that you probably could write at least a few more chapters to your book on western media coverage of venezuela i think that that's not an understatement go ahead in edinburgh. here for sure this is just the latest chapter and the media hysteria over fairness will of this latest bridge a chapter across the western media we saw reports that make true it was a dictator it was starving its own citizens destroying eight and yet this narrative was very c