Pa June 13, George Monbiot adapereka gawo lake la Guardian kutchula dzina ndi manyazi 'Chikhalidwe choyipa cha intellectual subculture chomwe chimafuna kukhululukirira zankhanza potsutsa zowona'. 'Zowonadi', Monbiot adanena, 'ndi kupha mafuko ku Bosnia ndi Rwanda.'
M'chidutswa chomwe chimakumbukira zochitika zodziwika bwino kuchokera Zochitika Zowoneka, Monbiot adalemba mndandanda wa Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, David Peterson, John Pilger, ndi Media Lens, monga olemba ndemanga pa ndale omwe 'amatenga sitepe yosayenerera yonyoza mchitidwe wakupha anthu otsutsana ndi maulamuliro akumadzulo'.
Malinga ndi a Monbiot, Herman ndi Peterson ndi olakwa pa zomwe zimatchedwa 'kukana kupha anthu'. Media Lens idatsika pamlandu wocheperako 'wothandizira kukana kupha anthu'. Koma Chomsky, Monbiot Adakwezedwa:
'Ndipo, kuchisoni changa chachikulu, pamene ndimamuyesa kwambiri, #NoamChomsky samatulukanso bwino.'
'Izo' zomwe zikufunsidwa zinali zofufuza za Monbiot: ganizani Kufufuza kwa munthu m'modzi wa Chilcot.
'Kuchepetsa kuphedwa kwa mafuko' ndi 'kukana kupha anthu' kungamveke ngati mawu osalowerera ndale, koma kwenikweni ndi zodzaza, ndipo cholinga chake ndi njira inayake ndi atolankhani ambiri.
Nthawi zambiri, wina amaweruzidwa kuti ndi wolakwa pa 'kukana kupha anthu' pokhapokha akafunsa za milandu yomwe adani a Kumadzulo adachita. Palibe amene akuimbidwa mlandu wa 'kukana kupha anthu' ngati apereka chiwerengero cha Iraq Body Count's (IBC) cha anthu 100,000 omwe adanenedwa kuti afa ndi ziwawa kuyambira 2003 monga chiwerengero cha anthu aku Iraq omwe amwalira chifukwa cha zifukwa zonse. Palibe amene akuimbidwa mlandu ngati angakonde chiwerengero cha IBC pakalipano pa kafukufuku wa Lancet yemwe akuti 655,000 Iraqi anafa chifukwa cha nkhondo ya 2006. Zomwezo zikugwiranso ntchito kwa olemba ndemanga ambiri omwe anakana, kapena kunyalanyaza, akunena kuti US-UK. -zilango zomwe zidatsogolera zidapha ana opitilira 500,000 aku Iraq osakwana zaka zisanu pakati pa 1990-2003.
Atolankhani amatha kutsika momwe amafunira poyerekezera ziwerengero zophedwa m'madera akumadzulo kapena azungu omwe amapha anthu akumadzulo, mwachitsanzo, Indonesia, East Timor, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cambodia, Yemen, Iran ndi Afghanistan. Palibe amene angalote kuwaimba mlandu wokana kupha anthu.
M'nkhani yake, Monbiot poyambirira adangoyang'ana 'okana' mapiko akumanja. Kenako adatembenukira kumalekezero ena andale:
'Koma kukana kuphedwa kwa mafuko ndikochititsa manyazi kumanzere monga momwe zimakhalira kumanja kwa libertarian. Sabata yatha a Edward Herman, pulofesa waku America wazachuma wodziwika bwino polemba nawo Chilolezo Chopanga Zinthu ndi Noam Chomsky, adasindikiza buku latsopano lotchedwa The Srebrenica Massacre. Imanena kuti imfa za 8,000 ku Srebrenica ndi "kukokomeza kosavomerezeka. Chiwerengero chenichenicho chikhoza kukhala pafupi ndi 800."
Mawu amenewa akupezekanso m’bukuli, koma atengedwa m’mawu oyamba a Phillip Corwin, yemwe kale anali Wogwirizanitsa Ntchito Zachigawenga wa UN ku Bosnia ndi Herzegovina. Modabwitsa, ndiye, Monbiot adayamba kutsutsa Herman poyang'ana mawu a munthu wina. Othandizira osiyanasiyana m'bukhu, ngakhale akonzi omwe akuphatikiza zoperekazo, nthawi zambiri sakhala kuti anena zonse zomwe wopereka aliyense wanena.
Monbiot adawonjezera kuti:
'Webusaiti yotsalira ya Media Lens inatsimikizira kuti Herman ndi Peterson anali "oyenerera" kuti alankhule manambala omwe anaphedwa ku Srebrenica.'
Munthu akhoza, ndithudi, kutsutsana kuti 'kuyankhula pansi' kumatanthauza chiyani. Koma izi ndi zomwe ife kwenikweni analemba za zomwe Herman (osati Corwin) adatsutsa:
'Herman ndi Peterson nawonso Zolembedwa:
' "Pali nkhani yabwino yoti, ngakhale kuti panali anthu mazanamazana a kuphedwa, ndipo mwina chikwi kapena kuposerapo, chiwerengero cha 8,000 ndi chandale komanso chovuta kwambiri." (Herman ndi Peterson, 'Imfa ya Milosevic mu Propaganda System,' ZNet, May 14, 2006)
'Herman ndi Peterson, ndiye, sakukana kuti kupha anthu ambiri ku Srebrenica. Savomerezanso chiwerengero chotchulidwa ndi Kamm ndi ena, koma kuti ali ndi ufulu wokwanira.' (Media Alert, 'Kuvina Pa Manda Ambiri,' November 25, 2009)
Kutsutsa kuti wina ali ndi ufulu wotsutsa mfundozo osati mofanana ndi kutsutsana kuti ali oyenera kunamizira, kusokeretsa, kunyenga mwadala, kapena chirichonse chimene 'chilankhulidwe' chinali kutanthauza. Monbiot akanangolemba kuti: 'Media Lens anaumirirabe kuti Herman ndi Peterson anali "oyenereradi" kutsutsana ndi zoona zake.'
Owerenga angadabwe kudziwa kuti sitinalembepo za kuphedwa kwa Srebrenica - zomwe zidachitika zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi tisanayambe Media Lens - kupatula kutsimikizira kuti anali kupha anthu. Kutsindika konse kwa Novembala 4, 2005 atcheru, mwachitsanzo, anali kusonyeza kuti Noam Chomsky anali wolimbikitsa, ndipo osakanidwa, monga momwe Guardian ananenera, kuti panachitika kupha anthu ku Srebrenica.
Pankhani ya ntchito ya Herman ndi Peterson, tidayang'ana zakale - titatha zaka khumi tikugwira ntchito pa Media Lens, apezeka Chiwerengero chachikulu cha zolemba ziwiri zomwe amakambirana za Srebrenica zomwe zidatumizidwa patsamba lathu (chachitatu amachitchula podutsa).
Zotsatira za kutsutsidwa kwa Monbiot sizinafotokozedwe. Tinalakwa kutumiza nkhani ziwirizi? Kodi tiyenera kuwachotsa? Kodi kuyika kwathu ntchito ya Herman ndi Peterson kumabweretsa chiwopsezo chotani, motsutsana ndi chiwopsezo cha ufulu wolankhula choletsa ntchito yawo patsamba lathu? Ndi iko komwe, ngati kuganiziridwa mozama, zoneneza za 'kukana kuphedwa kwa fuko' zitha kufutukuka kuletsa malingaliro ena omwe sakondedwa ndi zokonda zamphamvu.
Tidapeza kuti tsamba la US ZNet makamu zolemba zambiri za Herman ndi Peterson zonena za Srebrenica. Zikutheka, ndiye, ndi mtsogoleri wapadziko lonse 'pothandizira kukana kuphedwa kwa mafuko'. Tidafunsa Monbiot chifukwa chake sanadandaule ku ZNet (komwe amathandizira nthawi zonse), kapena kutchulanso udindo wawo. Anasankha kusayankhapo pankhaniyi.
Kunena zomveka, timakana ufulu wa khothi lililonse, boma lililonse, aliyense, woti alembe mawu ngati 'kupha anthu' pazochitika zakale ndiyeno, osati kungokangana koma. kufunika kuti avomerezedwe. Lingaliro lakuti mabungwe a anthu ali ndi Choonadi Chokhazikika ndi la nthawi ya Inquisition, osati mkangano waukulu. Apo ndi nthawi zina pamene mawu achidani omwe amachititsidwa ndi tsankho komanso omwe angayambitse chiwawa akhoza kutsutsidwa. Koma mwina Monbiot sanali kunena kuti Herman, Peterson, Chomsky ndi Pilger akuyesera kulimbikitsa chidani ndi chiwawa. Tinamufunsa Monbiot, koma sanayankhenso. Chonde dinani Pano kuwona imelo yathu kwa iye, ndi Pano kuti awone yankho lomwe adatumiza pa June 17.
Kusiyanitsa Imfa ndi Kuphedwa
Ngakhale kuyika pambali nkhawa ndi mawu akuti 'kukana kupha anthu', nkhani ya Monbiot ili ndi zovuta zazikulu. Mwachitsanzo, monga momwe tawonetsera pamwambapa, Herman samatsutsa 'kuti imfa za 8,000 ku Srebrenica ndi "kukokomeza kosavomerezeka"'. M'malo mwake, akutsutsa kuti 8,000 kuphedwa ku Srebrenica ndizokokomeza. Monbiot analemba kwa ife:
'Popeza kuti 6,500 mwa ozunzidwawo adatulutsidwa kale ndikuzindikiridwa, ndipo pali umboni wamphamvu kwambiri (monga zakhala zaka zambiri) kusonyeza kuti 1,500 kapena kupitilira apo akudikirira kutulukira, mawuwa akuwonetseredwa molakwika komanso popanda chifukwa.'
Koma ophedwa 6,500 omwe 'afukulidwa ndikuzindikiridwa' adadziwika ndi mbiri ya DNA yomwe imatero. osati zindikirani chomwe chimayambitsa imfa - Herman ndi Peterson akufunsa kuti anthu anali angati anaphedwa.
Mtolankhani wodziyimira pawokha a Jonathan Rooper adagwira ntchito ku BBC kwa zaka 20. Anali mtolankhani pazochitika zapa TV asanasamuke ku BBC TV News komwe adakhala mtsogoleri wa dipatimenti ya News Features. Rooper anatilembera kuti:
'Zidziwitso zochokera ku DNA za anthu omwe adasowa panthawi yankhondo sizimatero ndipo sizingathe kuthana ndi imfa mwa omwe adziwika. Kotero ngakhale ICMP [The International Commission on Missing Persons] inanena mu imelo kwa George Monbiot pa 13 June kuti, ICMP, idazindikira kuti "6,595 ya 7,789 Bosnia [sic] adanena kuti akusowa" kuchokera ku Srebrenica "otetezeka. dera" chiwerengero cha anthu pambuyo pa tsiku la kulandidwa kwake ndi asilikali a ku Bosnia Serb (ie, pambuyo pa July 11, 1995), izi sizikugwirizana ndi, ndipo sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuthandizira, zonena za kuphedwa kwa Srebrenica [za 8,000 kuwomberedwa].' (Imelo ku Media Lens, June 24, 2011)
Ndipo komabe Monbiot akuumirira kuti chiwerengero cha anthu 8,000 omwe aphedwa ndi 'chovomerezedwa ndi aliyense kupatulapo okonda dziko la Serb komanso gulu laling'ono la otsutsa mwadala kuti ndilokwanira…'
Poyankha kwa ife, Monbiot anali wotsimikiza kuti:
'Kufotokoza ngati "kulankhula pansi" chiwerengero cha imfa [sic - executions] ndizochepa: zikufanana ndi kukana umboni wachitsulo.'
Apanso, izi ndi zolakwika. Ngakhale titavomereza kuti pali umboni wa 'chitsulo chachitsulo' chakufa kwa 6,500, palibe umboni wa 'chitsulo choponyedwa' cha kuphedwa kwa 6,500. Ena mwa omwe adafa atha kukhala ovulala nthawi zonse - zomwe Herman ndi Peterson akupanga.
Zindikiraninso kuti chiwerengero cha imfa ya Asilamu ku Bosnia kuyambira 1993 ndi zaka zambiri pambuyo pake chinali pafupifupi 250,000 - chiwerengero choperekedwa ndi akuluakulu a boma la Bosnia ndikuvomerezedwa ndi atolankhani ambiri. Komabe, mu Bosnia Book of the Dead: Assessment of the Database, Patrick Ball et al.,kulingalira Anthu okwana 96,895 anafa pa nthawi ya nkhondo ku Bosnia-Herzegovina, omwe 57,696 (59.6%) anali ankhondo ndipo 39,199 (40.5%) anali anthu wamba. Kodi izi zimapangitsa Patrick Ball et al. wolakwa pa mlandu wa 'revisionism' kapena 'kunyoza', kapenanso 'kukana kupha anthu'?
'Inverted Commas Problem'
Gaffe yachiwiri ndiyodabwitsa kwambiri. Monbiot atangozindikira kuti 'kukana kuphedwa kwa mtundu wa anthu n'kochititsa manyazi kumanzere,' Monbiot analemba kuti: 'Choipa kwambiri n'chakuti amaika kuphedwa kwa anthu a ku Rwanda m'ma comma m'malemba onse…' 'Mawu' omwe akufunsidwa ndi a Politics of Genocide. 'Iye' ndi Edward Herman, ngakhale bukuli linalembedwa ndi David Peterson.
M'malo mwake, izi zikuwoneka zowopsa. Kodi Herman ndi Peterson akukana kuti kunalipo? aliyense kuphedwa kwa mtundu wanji ku Rwanda? Izi zimakumbukira mtundu woipitsitsa wa opepesa otsutsa kuti kunalibe Chipululutso cha Nazi, palibe zipinda za mpweya, palibe lamulo lopha Ayuda.
Koma ngakhale kungoyang'ana pa The Politics of Genocide kumasonyeza kuti olembawo akugwiritsa ntchito zizindikiro zomwe amazitcha 'standard model' (p.53) za kupha anthu ku Rwanda - kuti panali chiwembu cha Ahutu kuti athetse anthu a Tutsi. Rwanda. Herman ndi Peterson amanena kuti nkhaniyi ndi 'nkhani yokopa anthu' (p.51) yomwe 'inatembenuzira wolakwira ndi kuzunza anthu' (p.51). Chifukwa chake, polemba za 'kuphedwa kwa mafuko ku Rwanda' pogwiritsa ntchito makoma otembenuzidwa, akunena za a makamaka Baibulo za zomwe zidachitika ndikulingalira mtundu wina wa zochitika zomwe, amati, zimagwirizana bwino ndi zodziwika bwino.
Zomwe iwo ali osati kuchita zikusonyeza kuti alipo ayi genocide ku Rwanda. Monga Peterson anatiyankhira, ngati ati 'anenezedwe' pa chilichonse, ziyenera kukhala 'kugawanitsa anthu', osati 'kukana kupha anthu'. Kuti Monbiot athanso kutsutsa, zomwe sizingakhale zoipitsitsa, zimakayikira kuti adaphunzira mozama zomwe amatchulazo.
Cholakwika ichi chikufanana kwambiri ndi mbiri ya Emma Brockes ndemanga za Noam Chomsky mu Guardian:
'Chomsky amagwiritsa ntchito zizindikiro zogwidwa mawu kuti awononge zinthu zomwe sakugwirizana nazo, ndipo, m'mabuku ake, amatha kukhala osaphunzira kusiyana ndi achinyamata; monga, Srebrenica anali so osati kupha anthu.'
The Guardian anakakamizika kuvomereza kuti Chomsky sanayikepo kuphedwa kwa Srebrenica m'ma quotation marks. Nkhani ya Brockes idachotsedwa patsamba la Guardian (lomwe Chomsky, moyenerera, adaziwona ngati zosafunikira). Mwaona Pano.
Mtolankhani wakale wa Guardian yemwe adalandira mphotho, a Jonathan Cook, adatitumizira ndemanga iyi pamakoma otembenuzidwa:
'Ndikoyenera kudziwa kuti Norman Finkelstein anachita zofanana m'buku lake "The Holocaust Industry". Iye anati mu Mawu Oyamba:
'" M'masamba otsatirawa, ndidzatsutsa kuti 'Holocaust' ndi chithunzithunzi cha chiwonongeko cha Nazi. (p3)
'Akunenanso m'mawu amtsinde patsamba lomwelo:
'" M'mawu awa, Nazi [zolemba zake zikapendekeka] zimasonyeza chochitika chenicheni cha m’mbiri, Holocaust [mawu ake atapendekera] kuimira kwake kwamalingaliro."
'Malinga ndi maganizo a Monbiot, kodi zimenezi zikuchititsa Finkelstein, yemwe makolo ake anapulumuka chiwonongeko cha chipani cha Nazi ndiponso anthu ambiri a m'banja lawo anaphedwa m'misasa yachibalo, kukhala wokana Chipululutso?' (Imelo ku Media Lens, June 17, 2011)
Cook anawonjezera kuti:
'Ndinkaganiza kuti yankho lake kwa inu linali lopanda pake. Akhoza kukhala modzidzimutsa modabwitsa (mwachitsanzo, osatha kumvetsetsa kusiyana komwe Herman ndi Peterson akusiyanitsa pakati pa ovulala ndi kuphedwa) kapena sakusewera molunjika. Zolingalira zake tsopano zasokoneza kwambiri moti kwenikweni zimakhala zovuta kuthetsa mikangano yake yosiyanasiyana ndi kudziwa amene akumuimba mlandu.'
Monga tafotokozera, Monbiot adaphatikizanso a John Pilger ngati gawo la 'malign intellectual subculture'. Pilger anati:
'Njira yodziwika bwino ya smear ndi choonadi cha theka kapena kotala, kusokoneza, kupotoza, kunyoza pang'ono ndi chidole chodziimba mlandu-ndi-gulu. Muziganiza mwachangu. Chef Monbiot ndi munthu wachisoni modabwitsa. Zaka zonsezo za nkhondo zobiriwira zobiriwira zomwe zidasokonekera chifukwa cha kutembenuka kwake ku Damascene kukhala ziwonongeko zakupha zamphamvu za nyukiliya komanso kufunikira kwake kodziwika kuti adziwike - kuzindikira komwe, modabwitsa, anali nako kale. Mwachidziwikire, kubadwanso mwatsopano ngati "okana" omwe akupitiliza kuwonetsa zomanga ndi zosiyidwa za propaganda zaku Western. Chabwino George.' (Imelo ku Media Lens, June 29, 2011)
Kutsiliza
Anthu amene amasamala za ufulu wolankhula amagwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti 'kukana kupha anthu' mosamala kwambiri (monga momwe tafotokozera, nthawi zina, ndemanga za ndale zomwe zimalimbikitsa kusankhana mitundu ndi chiwawa. mungathe kutsutsidwa). Nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida chonyansa chodetsa ndemanga ndi mtundu wa 'Holocaust denial' pogwiritsa ntchito mawu ofanana.
Monga momwe zagwiritsidwira ntchito m’mtsutsano wamakono, zikungofanana ndi kunena kuti: ‘Ndikukutsutsani chifukwa chotsutsana nane. Mukuchonderera bwanji?' Funso liribe tanthauzo chifukwa si mlandu kusagwirizana ndi wina, osati chifukwa chakuti, Anthu Ounikiridwa pambali, anthu ena sanganene kuti ali ndi Choonadi Chopanda Chowonadi (ndipo Anthu Owunikiridwa alibe chochita mantha ndi kukangana kowonekera).
Nanga bwanji Monbiot watitembenukira m'malo momati, ZNet motere? Chifukwa, tikukhulupirira, ndikuti tatsutsa mobwerezabwereza utolankhani wake. Mu November 2002, pa nthawi yovuta kwambiri mu nyuzipepala yaikulu, Monbiot zotsogola chiwembu chopanda pake chogwetsa boma la Iraq. Iye anawonjezera kuti:
'Koma ngati njira iyi yayesedwa ndikulephera, ndipo ngati nkhondo ikhala njira yokhayo yochotsera Saddam, ndiye kuti tithandizire nkhondo yomwe cholinga chake ndi chomwe sichingatsutsidwe ...' (Monbiot, 'Tikuwonani kukhoti ... , Tony,' The Guardian, November 26, 2002)
Tinanena kuti izi zinali zowononga monga momwe zinalili zosamveka. Panalibe njira yoti anthu aku Britain 'athandizire' mtundu wina wa 'nkhondo chabe' ku Iraq motere - panalibe njira zogwiritsira ntchito kukakamiza anthu kwamtunduwu. Komanso, panalibe zifukwa zomveka zolimbikitsira anthu kuthandizira nkhondoaliyense maziko - Britain ndi US analibe ufulu walamulo kapena wamakhalidwe omenyera nkhondo ku Iraq. Chiyembekezo chokha mu November 2002 chinali kulimbikitsa anthu ambiri kuti akane nkhondo onse zochitika.
Monbiot Anayankha potiukira m'gawo lake la Guardian, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti sanatikhululukire konse chifukwa chowonetsa cholakwika chake chakuweruza komanso zovuta zathu zotsatila za ntchito yake ku Iran ndi atolankhani.
Zolemba
Zinatenga masabata asanu kuti Guardian asindikize yankho ku zomwe Monbiot adanena pa June 13. Herman ndi Peterson adapereka zidutswa zosiyana m'magawo osiyanasiyana a Guardian, kuphatikizapo Comment Is Free (Katharine Viner ndi Matt Seaton), op-ed. tsamba (Becky Gardiner, Gwyn Topham, Libby Brooks), gawo loyankha (Joseph Harker), komanso mkonzi wa Guardian Alan Rusbridger ndi ombudsman wake Chris Elliott. Pa June 21, mkonzi wa mayankho a Joseph Harker adauza Peterson kuti:
'Mukunena zinthu zingapo, choncho tiyang'anenso ndi kubwerera kwa inu.'
Munthawi yayitali ya 'kuwunika' komwe kunachitika, Herman adauzidwa ndi a Becky Gardiner, mkonzi wa masamba a ndemanga ya Guardian, 'kuti nthawi yayitali yadutsa' kuti afalitse yankho lake kwa Monbiot. Natalie Hanman, mkonzi wa gawo la Online Comment is Free (CiF), adauza Herman kuti panalibe malo oti asindikize yankho lake la mawu 760.
Pa Julayi 5, Harker adayankha ndi zifukwa zisanu zofotokozera chifukwa chomwe adakana zomwe Herman ndi Peterson adapereka (onani Pano pamodzi ndi mayankho atsatanetsatane a Peterson pa chilichonse mwa mfundozi). Mfundo zisanu izi mwina zidaperekedwa ndi 'akatswiri' ku Srebrenica ndi Rwanda, mwinanso chimodzimodzi. magwero awiri zomwe Monbiot adazitchula kale poyankha kwake ku Media Lens. Harker adapempha Herman ndi Peterson kuti apereke yankho limodzi pansi pa mawu 550 omwe angagwirizane ndi 'm'mawu athu owongolera'.
Panthawiyi, bungwe la Observer linasindikiza lina chidutswa chovuta Wolemba Nick Cohen pa 'Chomskyan kudzinyenga' kwa 'odana ndi kumadzulo' otsalira, ndikunena za Srebrenica.
Pambuyo pa zosintha zina za Guardian komanso pansi pa mutu wokhotakhota, 'Sindife okana kupha anthu', yankho la Herman ndi Peterson pomaliza pake. adawonekera pa July 19. Tsiku lomwelo. Herman ndi Peterson adayika zolemba zawo zoyambirira, zokanidwa pa ZNet.
Owerenga a Guardian adalemba ndemanga pansipa yankho locheperako kuchokera kwa Herman ndi Peterson, ndi ambiri omwe ali ndi chithandizo komanso angapo omwe akupereka maulalo ku zotsutsa kwathunthu zomwe zidatumizidwa ku ZNet. Oyang'anira CiF mwachangu adayamba ntchito kusewera 'whack-a-mole' kuti muchotse ndemangazi nthawi zonse zikatuluka. Ngakhale ndemanga ya Peterson mwiniyo, yolumikizana ndi zidutswa zazitali izi, idachotsedwa. Mosazolowereka, izi zinabwezeretsedwa pambuyo pake, mwachiwonekere poyankha madandaulo a anthu.
Pasanathe sabata kuchokera pamene Herman ndi Peterson anayankhira mwachidule mu Guardian, mofulumira. kujowina idasindikizidwa ndi James Wizeye wa ku Rwanda High Commission ku London. Zikuoneka kuti palibe kufufuza kwakukulu kwa Guardian komwe kunafunikira pa zomwe mkulu wa ku Rwanda adanena.
Panthawiyi, Guardian anali atalola monyinyirika mawu a Herman ndi Peterson 500 kuti adziteteze ku milandu yoyipa komanso yabodza ya 'kukana kupha anthu' m'mawu zikwi zingapo osindikizidwa ndi Observer/Guardian.
Jonathan Cook anafotokozera mwachidule za mkanganowo:
'Chigawo chonsechi chakhala chochititsa chidwi kwambiri cha momwe ma TV athu omasuka kwambiri amawonetsetsa kuti malingaliro ena omveka amapitilira nkhani zolemekezeka. The Guardian yalola Monbiot kuti afotokoze molakwika udindo wa anthu omwe adawanyoza kuti amakana kupha anthu; ndiye, ngakhale kukopa kwa nthawi yayitali, Guardian yakana DP ndi EH nsanja yoyenera yodzitetezera; ndiye yaletsa iwo omwe ali pa zokambirana omwe adayesa kudziwitsa owerenga ambiri za chitetezo chokwanira cha awiriwa, chosindikizidwa kwina, ndi udindo wa Guardian poyesa kuletsa awiriwo kuti asayankhe; ndipo tsopano zalola kuti awiriwo aimitsidwenso molakwika.
'Uku si kusoka kwapayekha; iyi ndi njira. Umu ndi momwe atolankhani - kuchokera ku Murdoch kupita ku Guardian - amagwirira ntchito akafuna kuchepetsa kwambiri mkangano. The Guardian ikuchita chilichonse chotheka kuti iwonetsetse kuti owerenga ake ambiri sakukhudzidwa ndi malingaliro a DP ndi EH, ndipo ikuchita izi polemba ndikuwakana ngati okana kupha anthu. Palibe amene akupambana mkanganowu chifukwa palibe mkangano womwe ukuchitika. The Guardian sakupereka zotsutsa zomveka kapena kulola DP ndi EH kuti apereke mfundo zawo moyenera. M'malo mwake Guardian akupambana zosakambitsirana chifukwa ndi amene amatha kulamula zomwe sizikutsutsana. Izi ndi zachinyengo, zovekedwa ngati media zaulere.
'Kuti Monbiot ali pamtima pa chinyengo ichi akuwonetsa bwino kwambiri pa iye.' (Imelo, Julayi 26, 2011)
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