[Nettime-bold] [Fwd: [a16-international-planning] Fw: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: NYTOp-Ed Page Shuts Out IMF/World Bank Critics]

[Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher@igc.org>]

Sheila Conroy wrote:

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> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:14 PM
> Subject: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: NYT Op-Ed Page Shuts Out IMF/World Bank
> Critics
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> > ACTION ALERT:
> > New York Times Op-Ed Page Shuts Out IMF/World Bank Critics
> >
> > April 20, 2000
> >
> > The recent protests against IMF and World Bank policies provoked a
> deepening
> > and widening of debate on globalization in much of the media, yet the New
> > York Times' op-ed page has taken a remarkably one-sided approach to the
> > issue.
> >
> > The Times has run five op-eds critical of the Mobilization for Global
> > Justice, and none that supported it, or even treated its concerns
> > respectfully ("Saving the Lost World," by Thomas L. Friedman, 3/31/00;
> > "Parsing the Protests," by Thomas L. Friedman, 4/14 /00; "Learning to Love
> > the  I.M.F.,"  by E. M. Brown, 4/18/00; "A Real Nut Case," by Paul
> Krugman,
> > 4/19/00; and "Protesting, but Why?,"  by David Frum, 4/19/00).
> >
> > On April 19, David Frum unleashed an unsubstantiated diatribe against the
> > activists who gathered in Washington, D.C., describing them as incoherent,
> > intellectually gutless people who "hate dams and airports and economists."
> > On the same day, Paul Krugman caricatured the recommendations of World
> Bank
> > critics, dismissing them as the "rarely fact-checked" notions of "a small,
> > relatively privileged minority" that would harm the poor. E. M. Brown
> > portrayed the activists as idealistic but misinformed. Thomas L. Friedman,
> > after misrepresenting the analyses of many IMF/World Bank critics, angrily
> > concluded that they are "contemptible," a group of "economic quacks" who
> > deserved to be labeled "The Coalition to Keep the World's Poor People
> Poor"
> > and given "the back of your hand."
> >
> > When will critics of the World Bank and IMF get to speak for themselves on
> > the Times op-ed page?  Walden Bello, Njoki Njoroge Njeheu, Mark Weisbrot,
> > Juliette Beck, Cheryl Payer and Ralph Nader all come to mind as experts
> > qualified to represent the many perspectives on hand in D.C. Instead, the
> > Times has chosen to feature writers that denigrate and insult their
> > concerns, goals and considerable expertise. A debate this one-sided does a
> > great disservice to readers of the paper.
> >
> > ACTION: If you are concerned that the Times' op-ed page has so far
> addressed
> > the complex issues raised by the protesters in D.C. only by featuring
> > vitriolic-- and, in many cases, substantially inaccurate-- attacks on
> them,
> > contact the paper directly.
> >
> >
> > New York Times
> > Katherine J. Roberts, Op-Ed Page Editor
> > mailto:letters@nytimes.com
> > Fax: (212) 556-4100
> > Voicemail: (212) 556-3652
> >
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