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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. | + | '''Michael Deibert''' (born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1973) is an American journalist, author and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at [[Coventry University]]. |
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| − | ===Michael Deibert's Haiti journalism===
| + | Deibert’s writing has appeared in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Folha de Sao Paulo]]'', ''[[Le Monde diplomatique]]'' and the ''[[World Policy Journal]]'', among other publications. From 2001 until 2003, he served as the Reuters correspondent in [[Port-au-Prince, Haiti]]. He has been featured as a commentator on international affairs on the [[BBC]], [[Al Jazeera]], [[Channel 4]], [[National Public Radio]] and [[WNYC]] New York Public Radio. |
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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]].
| + | Deibert’s first book, ''Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti'', with an introduction by the Haitian filmmaker [[Raoul Peck]], was published by [[Seven Stories Press]] in November 2005. |
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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].
| + | In addition to Haiti, Deibert has also reported extensively on [[Guatemala]], [[France]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. |
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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.
| + | While Deibert's work on Haiti has been praised by Haitian scholars and others, it has also been criticized for its perceived hostility to former Haitian president [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. |
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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.
| + | ==Book by Michael Deibert== |
| − | | + | *{{Citation | last=Deibert| first=Michael | title=Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti| publisher= Seven Stories Press| place=[[New York]] | year=2005 | isbn=10 1-58322-697-4}} |
| − | ====Responses to criticism of Michael Deibert==== | |
| − | * [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. | |
| − | * [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.
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| − | ===References=== | |
| − | * 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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| − | * 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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| − | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Deibert&oldid=438327796 Michael Deibert] Accessed on July 6, 2011.
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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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| − | ====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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| − | * [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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| − | * [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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| − | * [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]
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| − | ===Book by Michael Deibert===
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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
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While Deibert's work on Haiti has been praised by Haitian scholars and others, it has also been criticized for its perceived hostility to former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
