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'''Michael Deibert''' (born 1973, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. born journalist and author that has been criticized for what is perceived as his extreme right wing stance in regards to his reporting on Haitian politics as well as factual errors, for example in his book on Haitian politics. Michael Deibert was a Reuters corresponded based in [[Port-au-Prince]] for a number of years. He has also extensively written about other countries around the globe.
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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's Haiti journalism===
 
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Michael Deibert has been frequently criticized in media articles such as [http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2604 Kofi Annan's Haiti] by Justin Podur, [http://www.haitianalysis.com/2007/2/1/how-to-turn-a-priest-into-a-cannibal-u-s-reporting-on-the-coup-in-haiti How to Turn a Priest Into a Cannibal: Michael Deibert and U.S. Reporting on the Coup in Haiti] 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 frequent criticism Deibert's journalism has received, especially where it pertains to his reporting on [[Haiti]].
 
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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], 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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Many newspaper articles, blog entries and and other written material attest to the not inconsequential amount of negative attention Deibert has garnered in response to his articles on Haiti.
 
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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]]."'' (Podur p. 159) by a well known Haitian activist, Annette Auguste a.k.a. Sò Anne. These charges, in spite of their serious nature and implications, were never documented have been regarded by many Haitian activists as part of anti-Haitian propaganda.
 
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===Responses to criticism of Michael Deibert===
 
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* [http://deiberthaiti.blogspot.com/2011/03/response-to-tom-luce-second-part.html Response to Tom Luce (second part)] - Michael Deibert defending his reporting of the 2004 coup d'état in Haiti.
 
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* [http://thwapschoolyard.blogspot.com/2007/06/haiti-aristide-and-some-liberals.html Haiti, Aristide, and Some Liberals] - An exchange, one of many, that Deibert had with a critic.
 
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* [http://www.zcommunications.org/reply-to-justin-podur-by-michael-deibert Reply to Justin Podur] - Comments by Michael Deibert on Justin Podur's book review.
 
  
 
===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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* 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.
 
* 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]
 
* 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 Haiti''. CounterPunch. Accessed July 13, 2011. [http://www.counterpunch.org/barahona02032007.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.
 
* 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.
 
* 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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* 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.
 
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Deibert&oldid=438327796 Michael Deibert] Accessed on July 6, 2011.
 
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Deibert&oldid=438327796 Michael Deibert] Accessed on July 6, 2011.
  
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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]
 
* [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/hallward170408.html Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood]
 
* [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]
 
* [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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* [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/hallward170408.html Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood]
 
  
 
===Book by Michael Deibert===
 
===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
 
* 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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