{"article":{"id":6859,"heading":"All The News That Fits: Columns By Two NY Times Pundits Picked Apart [Part 2]","author":"Paul H. Rosenberg","created":"2001-05-19 11:27:23","modified":"2015-12-18 10:15:28","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:15:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><table cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n   <tr bg>\r\n      <td width=\"530\">\r\n         <table cols=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\r\n            <tr>\r\n               <td bg>\r\n                  <b><i>The Strawman's Revenge<\/i><\/b><b><i> - <\/i><\/b>\r\n                  <b><i>IMC's E-zine Of Media Analysis<\/i><\/b>\r\n               <\/td>\r\n            <\/tr>\r\n         <\/table>\r\n      <\/td>\r\n   <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table cellspace=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n   <tr bg>\r\n      <td width=\"530\">\r\n         <b>  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n         <table cols=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <tr bg>\r\n               <td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                  <b>All The Facts That Fit <\/b><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                  <b>Columns By Two NY Times Pundits Picked Apart\r\n<\/b><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i><b>By Paul Rosenberg,<\/b> IMC-LA reporter.<\/i>\r\n\r\n\r\n               <\/td>\r\n            <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <tr>\r\n               <td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                  <table cellspace=\"5\" cellpadding=\"6\">\r\n                     <tr>\r\n                        <td width=\"10\" bg>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n                        <td bg>\r\n                           <b>Coinciding with the anti-FTAA demonstrations in Quebec, two NY Times columnists lambasted the demonstrators as enemies of the poor, ignoring several decades of Third World resistance and IMF riots in response to cruel and deadly neoliberal policies.   Part One of this article recalled some of that lost history, Part Two criticizes other elements of Tom Friedman's column, which tries to paint the African people as supporters of \"free trade,\" callously disregarded by anti-corporate protesters. Particular attention is paid to \"NAFTA for Africa,\" which Friedman falsely portrays as an unqualified benefit for Africa's poor.\r\n                           <\/b>\r\n                           \r\n                           \r\n                        <\/td>\r\n                     <\/tr>\r\n                  <\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n               <\/td>\r\n            <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <tr bg>\r\n               <td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                  <b>Part Two: Tom Friedman's Famed 'Snake-Oil Brand' Democracy.<br>\r\n\r\n[ \r\n<b>\r\nPart One<\/b> ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[ <b>Part Three<\/b> ]\r\n\r\n                  <\/b>\r\n                  \r\n               <\/td>\r\n            <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n         <\/table>\r\n      <\/b><\/td>\r\n   <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table width=\"530\" cellspace=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\r\n   <tr bg>\r\n       <td>\r\n\r\n          <table>\r\n             <tr bg>\r\n\r\n                      <td width=\"210\" bg align=\"right\" valign=\"top\">\r\n\r\n                         <table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\" align=\"left\">\r\n                            <tr>\r\n                               <td width=\"170\">\r\n                                  <b>\r\n                           <br>\r\n                           African AIDS protest vs. patents.\r\n                                  <\/b>\r\n                               <\/td>\r\n                            <\/tr>\r\n                         <\/table>\r\n                      <\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n               <td>\r\n\r\n<b><br>\r\n                         \r\n                           \r\n                         \r\n<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n                         <b>  \r\n\r\n<b>\r\nWhat Kept Africans Away From Quebec Protests?  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Part One of this article recalled several decades of Third World resistance and IMF riots. Part Two criticizes other elements of Tom Friedman's column.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/05\/all_tajctiz.htm","filesize":"29.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/05\/6859.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}