<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I'm the person who has had quite a bit of e-exchange w/ the Art's new owner/manager. He's on record as being very interested in showing the film and said he'll ask his agent-booking person to look into making it happen if possible... and that he'll get back to me/us re getting the word out (among likely attendees among peace etc groups) and finding someone for after-film discussion.<div> --Jenifer<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 6/28/10, unionyes <i><unionyes@ameritech.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: unionyes <unionyes@ameritech.net><br>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] NYT Attacks "Border" with False Rant of Pro-CoupReporter<br>To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net>, naiman.uiuc@gmail.com<br>Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 1:43 PM<br><br><div
class="plainMail">Bob,<br><br>As you mentioned on Saturday, someone on this list said that they would contact the owner of the ART Theatre to arrange a showing of Oliver Stone's new film " SOUTH OF THE BORDER ".<br><br>Who was it on this list who stated that they would make that contact ?<br><br>I would love to see this film play in town at a venue like the ART Theatre, especially if we could get Mark Weisbrot to be there as well.<br><br>I would be willing to help out in making this happen.<br><br>David J.<br>721-0583<br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Naiman" <<a ymailto="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Peace-discuss List" <<a ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" href="/mc/compose?to=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>><br>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 12:53 PM<br>Subject: [Peace-discuss] NYT Attacks
"Border" with False Rant of Pro-CoupReporter<br><br><br>> No reasonable person would have bet serious money that news editors at<br>> the New York Times would be huge fans of Oliver Stone's new<br>> documentary about South America, "South of the Border." But still,<br>> accepting that no-one likes to be criticized, there are supposed to be<br>> rules for newspapers like the Times. News articles are supposed to be<br>> accurate, and if a reporter has a direct interest or bias in a<br>> situation, the paper should assign another reporter or at least<br>> disclose the interest or bias. But on Friday, the New York Times ran<br>> an attack on Oliver Stone's documentary by Larry Rohter. Not only was<br>> the attack inaccurate; more importantly, the Times failed to<br>> acknowledge the bias of Larry Rohter. Rohter covered Venezuela for the<br>> Times during the period of the April 2002 coup in Venezuela, and<br>> during
the coup, Rohter wrote a piece for the Times claiming that the<br>> coup was not a coup, but a popular uprising. That alone should have<br>> disqualified Rohter from writing a piece on the film for publication<br>> by the Times. At the very least, the paper should have acknowledged<br>> Rohter's previous advocacy for the coup - and its own.<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/nyt-attacks-border-with-f_b_627984.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/nyt-attacks-border-with-f_b_627984.html</a><br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/28/133550/168" target="_blank">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/28/133550/168</a><br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/631" target="_blank">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/631</a><br>> <br>> --<br>> Robert Naiman<br>> Policy Director<br>> Just Foreign Policy<br>>
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