Seminar: The Guardian (UK) reporting on Venezuela takes more than the biscuit http://www.pr-inside.com/seminar-the-guardian-uk-reporting-on-r1920631.htm

The overriding impression taken away from the seminar is that if the BBC and The Guardian are indeed engaged in propaganda against Venezuela, then it doesn't feel like propaganda and therein, lies the real danger.

comment- also see...A Decade of Propaganda? The BBC's reporting of Venezuela.. http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5003  The BBC has been spinning bias lies not only against middle east ,but also latin america...see...BBC's Pro-Israeli Bias http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9307

A Decade of Propaganda? The BBC's Reporting of Venezuela http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=2085 Researchers at the University of the West of England, UK, have exposed ongoing and systematic bias in the BBC’s news reporting on Venezuela. Dr Lee Salter and Dr Dave Weltman analysed ten years of BBC reports on Venezuela since the first election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency in an ongoing research project, and their findings so far show that the BBC’s reporting falls short of its legal commitment to impartiality, truth and accuracy.

Spooks On The Job Selection Panel http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BBC  Archived internal BBC documents from the 1980s, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph under Freedom of Information legislation, have revealed that until the late 1980s the British spy service, MI5, was used to vet existing and potential staff at the public broadcaster.

The paper reported that the documents revealed that "at one stage it [MI5] was responsible for vetting 6300 BBC posts - almost a third of the total workforce." The BBC adopted "categorical denial" as its "defensive strategy" to deflect questions about the practice by unions. A March 1, 1985, memo suggested the best approach was "keep head down and stonewall all questions." http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tinker-tailor-broadcaster-spy--bbc-had-mi5-watch-its-staff/2006/07/02/1151778811129.html

Constitution and Funding http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/ws_constitution.shtml  BBC World Service operates under the BBC's Royal Charter which is granted by Her Majesty The Queen to guarantee editorial and managerial independence from the Government.Like the rest of the BBC it is accountable to the BBC Trust, appointed under the Royal Charter to act as trustees for the public interest and oversee all BBC activities.