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'''Michael Deibert''' (*1973) is a U.S. born journalist that has been repeatedly harshly criticized for what is perceived as his extreme right wing stance in regards to Haitian politics.
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'''Michael Deibert''' (born 1973, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. born journalist and author. Michael Deibert was a Reuters correspondent based in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] for a number of years. He has also extensively written about other countries around the globe. Haiti is one of the main focal points for the writer Deibert (''Michael Deibert near Ouarzazate'', at 0:34 min.)
  
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Michael Deibert has been criticized in numerous media articles such as [http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2604 Kofi Annan's Haiti] by Justin Podur, [http://www.counterpunch.org/barahona02032007.html How to Turn a Priest Into a Cannibal] by Diana Barahona and [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/23/18101941.php Haitian Activist Speaks out Against Deibert's anti-Haiti Propaganda] by Patrick Elie. These articles among others, document the massive amount of criticism Deibert's journalism has received, especially where it pertains to his reporting on [[Haiti]].  
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===References===
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* Amnesty International. (2006) ''Release political prisoner Annette Auguste - 20 months of arbitrary detention'' [http://ijdh.org/AI%201-10-06%20Annette%20Auguste.pdf Haiti appeal case: AI Index: AMR 36/003/2006] Accessed on July 10, 2011.
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* Auguste, Anette (2004) ''Statement of Sò Anne from prison''. [[Pétionville]]. Archived on haitiaction.net. Accessed July 13, 2011. [http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/5_23_4.html]
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* Barahona, Diane. (2007) ''How to Turn a Priest Into a Cannibal - U.S. Reporting on the Coup in Haiti''. CounterPunch. Accessed July 13, 2011. [http://www.counterpunch.org/barahona02032007.html]
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* Deibert, Michael. (2010). ''Michael Deibert near Ouarzazate''. Video by the author posted on youtube.com. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C5lZC-e4U8] Accessed on Jul 17, 2011.
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* Miéville, China. (2009). ''Multilateralism as terror: International Law, Haiti and imperialism''. Finnish Yearbook of International Law 18. London: Birkbeck ePrints. Available at [http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/783/2/HaitiBirk.pdf] Accessed on July 10, 2011.
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* Podur, Justin. (2006) ''Kofi Annan's Haiti - Podur on Michael Deibert, ''Notes from the Last Testament''. Untenable defence of Aristide’s overthrow'' New Left Review. London.  Available online: [http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2604] .pdf file: [http://www.newleftreview.org/?getpdf=NLR27110&pdflang=en] Accessed on July 13, 2011.
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* Taylor, Jeremy. ''Apocalypse Now'' - Review of 'Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti', by Michael Deibert. ''Caribbean Review of Books''. Issue No. 8 - May 2006. [http://www.meppublishers.com/online/crb/past_issues/index.php?pid=3000&id=cb8-1-4] Accessed on Jul 21, 2011.
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* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Deibert&oldid=438327796 Michael Deibert] Accessed on July 6, 2011.
  
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The range of Michael Deibert's vociferous critics includes among others Haitian, Canadian and U.S. activists for example a former Haitian government official in several administrations, political activist and writer: Patrick Elie [http://www.zcommunications.org/taking-us-to-democracy-like-cattle-to-a-killing-house-by-patrick-elie Taking us to democracy like cattle to a killing house], as well a plethora of journalists from the Caribbean nation and abroad such as Justin Podur: [see: [http://www.zcommunications.org/a-dishonest-case-for-a-coup-by-justin-podur A Dishonest Case for a Coup]. : part of a dialogue with the writer Michael Deibert].
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===External links===
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* [http://www.michaeldeibert.com/images/photo9_big.jpg Photo of Michael Deibert, labeled "With Guy Philippe"] Mr. Deibert is at the far right of the image - posted on michaeldeibert.com. Accessed on July 11, 2011.
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* [http://michaeldeibert.blogspot.com/2008/03/review-of-peter-hallwards-damming-flood.html A Review of Peter Hallward’s Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment]
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** [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/hallward170408.html Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood]
  
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Many newspaper articles, blog entries and and other written material [see: [http://trunk.ly/?q=tag:deibert+from:dominique_e Media articles related to writer Michael Deibert] ' attest to the not inconsequential amount of negative attention Deibert has garnered.
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====The media on Michael Deibert's Haiti Reporting====
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* [http://www.haitianalysis.com/mass-media/uk-times-aa-gill-gets-haiti-wrong UK Times' AA Gill Gets Haiti Wrong] by Joe Emersberger
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Deibert's journalism has included allegations of child sacrifice: ["''The charges culminate with '''Deibert'''’s uncritical reiteration of a gang leader’s claim, from his Florida exile, that a baby missing from a [[Port-au-Prince]] hospital had been kidnapped by ''So Anne'' and murdered in a vodou ritual to strengthen [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide|Aristide]]."'' by a well known Haitian activist, Annette Auguste  a.k.a. Sò Anne [see: Amnesty International appeal case: [http://ijdh.org/AI%201-10-06%20Annette%20Auguste.pdf AMR 36/003/2006]]
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* [http://www.haitianalysis.com/human-rights/the-proxy-war-in-martissant-and-gran-ravine The Proxy War in Martissant and Gran Ravine]
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* [http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/wadner_pierre/2862 Michael Deibert and Elizabeth Eames Roebling Attack IPS Journalists Writing on Haiti]
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===References===
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* [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/hallward170408.html Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood]
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* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Deibert&oldid=438327796 Michael Deibert] As accessed on July 6, 2011.
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* [http://wadnerpierre.blogspot.com/2011/03/grand-ravines-massacre-respond-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HaitiLandOfFreedomPoliticsSocialEconomicEnvironmentCultureAndTourism+%28HAITI%2C+Land+of+Freedom%3A++Politics%2C+Social%2C+Economic%2C+Environment%2C+Culture+and+Tourism%29 Grand Ravine's Massacre: A Response to Michael Deibert]
  
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==External links===
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===Book by Michael Deibert===
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* [http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/wadner_pierre/2862 Michael Deibert and Elizabeth Eames Roebling Attack IPS Journalists Writing on Haiti]
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* Deibert, Michael (2005). ''Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti'', New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 10 1-58322-697-4

Latest revision as of 22:19, 18 August 2011

Michael Deibert (born 1973, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. born journalist and author. Michael Deibert was a Reuters correspondent based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti for a number of years. He has also extensively written about other countries around the globe. Haiti is one of the main focal points for the writer Deibert (Michael Deibert near Ouarzazate, at 0:34 min.)

References

  • Amnesty International. (2006) Release political prisoner Annette Auguste - 20 months of arbitrary detention Haiti appeal case: AI Index: AMR 36/003/2006 Accessed on July 10, 2011.
  • Auguste, Anette (2004) Statement of Sò Anne from prison. Pétionville. Archived on haitiaction.net. Accessed July 13, 2011. [1]
  • Barahona, Diane. (2007) How to Turn a Priest Into a Cannibal - U.S. Reporting on the Coup in Haiti. CounterPunch. Accessed July 13, 2011. [2]
  • Deibert, Michael. (2010). Michael Deibert near Ouarzazate. Video by the author posted on youtube.com. [3] Accessed on Jul 17, 2011.
  • Miéville, China. (2009). Multilateralism as terror: International Law, Haiti and imperialism. Finnish Yearbook of International Law 18. London: Birkbeck ePrints. Available at [4] Accessed on July 10, 2011.
  • Podur, Justin. (2006) Kofi Annan's Haiti - Podur on Michael Deibert, Notes from the Last Testament. Untenable defence of Aristide’s overthrow New Left Review. London. Available online: [5] .pdf file: [6] Accessed on July 13, 2011.
  • Taylor, Jeremy. Apocalypse Now - Review of 'Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti', by Michael Deibert. Caribbean Review of Books. Issue No. 8 - May 2006. [7] Accessed on Jul 21, 2011.
  • Wikipedia: Michael Deibert Accessed on July 6, 2011.

External links

The media on Michael Deibert's Haiti Reporting

Book by Michael Deibert

  • Deibert, Michael (2005). Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti, New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 10 1-58322-697-4
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