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maybe the Times would publish a letter by you, Michael? Anyway, keep spreading the truth and let us know how to help On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:35 PM, michael yates via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Larry Rohter, the Times reporter who wrote this rather dumb article, was a > Times correspondent in Venezuela. He vigorously attacked Oliver Stone's > film, South of the Border, about Venezuela and Hugo Chavez. Stone replied > in an rebuttal published here: > > > > http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/oliver_stone_responds_to_new_york_times_attack_20100628 > > > Among Stone's comments were: > > > "Rohter should have disclosed his own conflict of interest in this review. > The film criticizes the New York Times for its editorial board’s > endorsement of the military coup of April 11, 2002 against the > democratically elected government of Venezuela, which was embarrassing to > the Times. Moreover, Rohter himself wrote an article on April 12 that went > even further than the Times’ endorsement of the coup: > > > “Neither the overthrow of Mr. Chavez, a former army colonel, nor of Mr. > Mahuad two years ago can be classified as a conventional Latin American > military coup. The armed forces did not actually take power on Thursday. It > was the ousted president’s supporters who appear to have been responsible > for deaths that numbered barely 12 rather than hundreds or thousands, and > political rights and guarantees were restored rather than suspended.” – > Larry Rohter, New York Times, April 12, 2002 > > > These allegations that the coup was not a coup – not only by Rohter — > prompted a rebuttal by Rohter’s colleague at the New York Times, Tim > Weiner, who wrote a Sunday Week in Review piece two days later entitled “A > Coup By Any Other Name.” (New York Times, April 14, 2002) > > > Unlike the NYT editorial board, which issued a grudging retraction of > their pro-coup stance a few days later (included in our film), Rohter seems > to have clung to the right-wing fantasies about the coup. It is not > surprising that someone who supports the military overthrow of a > democratically elected government would not like a documentary like this > one, which celebrates the triumphs of electoral democracy in South America > over the last decade." > > > During our phone conversation, Rohter got more agitated as I steadfastly > refused to concede anything about what Open Veins tells us about Latin > America's history. He seemed to think that MR Press is obliged to make note > of Galiano's remarks, but I said that would be ridiculous. Should we put a > blurb on the book, stating that the author has now repudiated his book > (which, by the way, he did not)? I asked him, what publisher would do that, > especially when we think the book is right on the money. > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
