Bbc Bans Saying Us ‘Kidnapped’ Maduro – Leaked Memo

Report: Major outlets informed of plan to abduct Maduro, but withheld reporting

This story was originally published on Truthout on Jan. 05, 2026. It is shared here under a  Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Major American news outlets were informed of the Trump administration’s plan to bombard Venezuela and abduct its president ahead of the operation early Saturday morning, but withheld their reporting on the operation to protect the military, Semafor reports. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post knew a…

BBC journalists reportedly told to avoid saying US ‘kidnapped’ Venezuela’s Maduro

Leaked memo from British broadcaster also instructs staff to use ‘captured’ when referring to America’s description of the military raid.

BBC bars use of ‘kidnapping’ to describe Maduro’s kidnapping

The British Broadcasting Corporation, which frequently lectures the world on "impartiality”, has sparked a wave of outrage after leaked internal guidance revealed an explicit order to its journalists not to call the illegal abduction of the Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro a "kidnapping."

The BBC has been caught telling its staff not to say Maduro was 'kidnapped'

By suppressing one word and promoting others, the BBC isn’t avoiding bias. It’s curating which reality sounds most acceptable.