Richard and all,
Yes he is one of the "Clueless" Policy Wonk wanna be's on the
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> >Subject: [IFWP] FW: [FAIR-L] Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues
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> >>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: FW: [FAIR-L] Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues
> >>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:26:34 -0500
> >>
> >>Wanted to make sure that you saw this.
> >>
> >> > ----------
> >> > From: FAIR-L[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 5:49 PM
> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Subject: [FAIR-L] Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > FAIR-L
> >> > Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
> >> > Media analysis, critiques and news reports
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Media Advisory: Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues
> >> >
> >> > December 1, 1999
> >> >
> >> > As trade ministers from over 130 countries meet in Seattle this week for
> >> > the
> >> > World Trade Organization summit, tens of thousands of activists from all
> >> > over the world have converged on the city to protest both the undemocratic
> >> > structure of the group and its record on labor and environmental issues.
> >> >
> >> > But the news coverage anticipating the protests has shed little light on
> >> > the
> >> > specific charges being made against the WTO by most of the protesters. As
> >> > the conference gets under way on November 30, a few trends in the coverage
> >> > have already emerged.
> >> >
> >> > To begin, news stories preceding the conference demonstrated a fundamental
> >> > lack of understanding of the issues involved. A November 1st article in US
> >> > News & World Report was headlined "Hell No, We Won't Trade: How an obscure
> >> > trade organization became a lightning rod for protest." While one can
> >> > debate
> >> > the merits of labeling a group with international jurisdiction over global
> >> > trade an "obscure" organization, "We Won't Trade" is a grossly misleading
> >> > characterization of the anti-WTO arguments.
> >> >
> >> > The article goes on to note that "For the moment, the movement against
> >> > free
> >> > trade seems to have little traction in the United States." This is a
> >> > puzzling conclusion for an article that notes that "up to 50,000
> >> > demonstrators" are planned to "attend mass rallies, a march, teach-ins and
> >> > prayer services" to protest the Seattle trade meeting. Nonetheless, the
> >> > assertion is backed up by this: "All major presidential candidates support
> >> > free trade and the WTO."
> >> >
> >> > Reports prior to the summit, and many appearing this week, argue that the
> >> > WTO stands to "open up" trade around the globe. That is inaccurate, as
> >> > Dean
> >> > Baker pointed out recently in FAIR's Economic Reporting Review
> >> > (http://www.fair.org/err/991108.html ):
> >> >
> >> > "While its rules are designed to facilitate foreign investment, such as a
> >> > U.S. auto manufacturer building a factory in Indonesia, in other areas the
> >> > WTO has taken little action to facilitate trade, while in some areas its
> >> > rules are intended to impede free trade. In the case of professional
> >> > services, such as those provided by doctors, lawyers and other highly paid
> >> > professionals, the WTO has done virtually nothing to facilitate
> >> > international trade and competition. In the case of intellectual property
> >> > claims, such as patents and copyrights, the WTO has worked to impose these
> >> > protectionist barriers on developing nations, at an enormous cost to their
> >> > consumers."
> >> >
> >> > Nor do many media accounts explain what the protesters are focusing on--in
> >> > most cases, a specific set of concerns and issues that have been before
> >> > the
> >> > WTO in the past few years (summarized well at
> >> > http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR112999.htm ). ABC's Peter
> >> > Jennings
> >> > commented that "it seems as though every group with every complaint from
> >> > every corner of the world is represented in Seattle this week."
> >> >
> >> > CBS Evening News explained some of the background on the same night's
> >> > newscast, but bungled one of the core criticisms of the WTO. Dan Rather
> >> > reported that the WTO had ruled on many environmental issues, but declined
> >> > to make the simple point that the WTO has ruled *against* environmental
> >> > restrictions in every case that has come before it. Indeed, Rather's
> >> > reference to the WTO's ruling on "fishing restrictions aimed at saving
> >> > endangered species" might have mislead viewers into thinking that the WTO
> >> > was intervening on behalf of threatened animals.
> >> >
> >> > Some reports, rather than dealing with the concerns of the protestors,
> >> > instead focused on the hypothetical danger they pose. Tony Snow's first
> >> > question to teamsters president James Hoffa, Jr. on Fox News Sunday
> >> > (11/28/99) was: "Do you worry that there's going to be any violence
> >> > there?"
> >> > Likewise, NBC Nightly News (11/29/99) devoted their lead WTO segment to
> >> > security concerns in Seattle ("The stakes are high, so is the security, so
> >> > is the provocation"), highlighting local authorities' precautions against
> >> > "a
> >> > potential chemical or biological attack."
> >> >
> >> > The report was followed by a segment by NBC financial correspondent Mike
> >> > Jensen extolling the benefits of free trade. Jensen concluded that "most
> >> > experts say getting rid of trade barriers on both sides is a good thing
> >> > for
> >> > American workers and consumers. But no matter what comes out of this
> >> > four-day meeting--and a lot of analysts don't think it will be much--world
> >> > trade has such momentum, almost nothing can get in its way."
> >> >
> >> > Yet, as Dean Baker points out in a recent ERR, there is "near consensus
> >> > among economists that trade has been one of the factors that has increased
> >> > wage inequality in the United States over the last two decades." But that
> >> > "consensus" is decidedly harder to find in mainstream press accounts.
> >> >
> >> > The theme of free trade "momentum" is also present in a story on MSNBC's
> >> > website (http://www.msnbc.com/news/340513.asp ), which includes a link to
> >> > a
> >> > special section encouraging readers to "find out more about the hurdles on
> >> > the way to free trade."
> >> >
> >> > Similarly, a recent Associated Press report called protesters' concerns
> >> > "far-fetched," and continued by noting that "for every campaigner lying
> >> > down on a sidewalk this week to protest the WTO's efforts to reduce trade
> >> > barriers, there is a happily employed Seattleite whose job depends on free
> >> > commerce."
> >> >
> >> > A disturbing indication of mainstream media attitudes toward coverage of
> >> > the
> >> > WTO meeting came when ABC's Seattle affiliate announced that it would "not
> >> > devote coverage to irresponsible or illegal activities of disruptive
> >> > groups," adding that "KOMO 4 News is taking a stand on not giving some
> >> > protest groups the publicity they want.... So if you see us doing a story
> >> > on
> >> > a disruption, but we don't name the group or the cause, you'll know why."
> >> > In
> >> > a revealing choice of words, news director Joe Barnes described civil
> >> > disobedience as "illegally disrupting the commerce of the city." (KOMO has
> >> > requested comments on its policy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .)
> >> >
> >> > This decision by a corporate-owned news outlet to explicitly ignore the
> >> > messages of groups practicing civil disobedience underscores the
> >> > importance
> >> > of independent journalism. Organizers in Seattle have made a priority of
> >> > setting up an independent media center (http://www.indymedia.org ), and
> >> > much
> >> > is planned for the coming week, including a daily newspaper, a daily radio
> >> > broadcast (World Trade Watch Radio, http://www.radioproject.org ) and
> >> > from-the-scene video documentaries that will be available via satellite to
> >> > many public television stations.
> >> >
> >> > For more information, see FAIR's Resources on Trade at
> >> > http://www.fair.org/issues-news/trade.html .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------
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