Runrunes

Runrunes

Type of site	News site
Available in	Spanish
URL	runrun.es
Registration	None
Launched	2010
Current status	Active

Runrunes (English: Rumors)^[1] is a news, opinion and analysis website dedicated to Venezuelan topics. The website was founded by Venezuelan investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda.

History

Journalist Nelson Bocaranda had a weekday show, "Los Runrunes de Nelson" or "The Rumors of Nelson", which began on Unión Radio in 1998.^[2] "Los Runrunes de Nelson" was cancelled in 2009 after the Venezuelan government reportedly said that it would revoke Unión Radio's license if Bocaranda's criticism continued.^[1] The following year, Bocaranda and his son created the Runrunes website.^[1] The website began as personal columns posted by Bocaranda surrounding the illness of Hugo Chávez, with the coverage being responsible for Bocaranda's increased social media following.^[3][4][5]

Demographics

Runrunes' main visitors are from Venezuela, the United States and Spain.^[6]

Censorship and attacks

Further information: Censorship in Venezuela

Runrunes has had multiple controversies with the Venezuelan government. Diosdado Cabello, a high-ranking Venezuelan official, intimidated a journalist of the website on his television program, criticizing their work.^[7] In January 2016, Bocaranda was detained for nearly 2 hours at Maiquetia International Airport while authorities checked his phone.^[8] On 6 May 2016, Bocaranda's Twitter account was hacked with the hacker attempting to discredit the journalist.^[9]

Runrunes servers were disrupted from cyberattacks coming from Russia on 28 May 2019.^[10]

Access to Runrunes was disrupted by CANTV, the state internet provider on 17 May 2020.^[11]

References

1. Marcano, Diego (1 June 2017). "How Venezuela's Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 2023-07-18. "Runrunes" ("Rumors")
2. "Nelson Bocaranda". Venevisión. 2001-08-03. Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
3. "Venezuelan journalist in eye of Chavez cancer storm". Reuters. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2023. With a daily drip-drip of rumors and details about Chavez's condition, the openly pro-opposition Bocaranda has garnered more than 670,000 followers
4. "Rumores sobre "fantasma" Chávez estremecen política venezolana". Reuters. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Nelson Bocaranda, whose columns of runrunes (www.runrun.es) have raised the anger of the Government
5. "Venezuela y la conspiración de cada día". BBC News (in Spanish). 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Nelson Bocaranda, an opposition supporter who in his column "Runrunes" publishes information about Chávez's state of health, said that members of the military leadership are preparing a self-coup if the president does not renew in office.
6. "Runrun.es Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". Alexa. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
7. "Diosdado Cabello intimidó a periodista que elaboró una investigación sobre presuntos "patriotas cooperantes" – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
8. "Periodista fue retenido una hora y media en Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
9. "Hackearon cuenta de Twitter de periodista Nelson Bocaranda". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
10. "Runrunes recibe ataques desde Rusia tras reportaje sobre las FAES". El Nacional (in Spanish). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
11. "SNTP denunció que Cantv bloqueó el portal Runrunes". El Nacional (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

External links

• Runrunes - Facebook
• Runrunes - Twitter
• Runrunes - YouTube Channel