RADAR Alert: NYTimes Refuses to Budge

	posted by Matt on 09:48 PM April 18th, 2005
	On April 6 the New York Times published the article, Sweden Boldly Exposes a Secret Side of Women's Lives. That article included this description of domestic abusers by Gudrun Schyman: “It’s every man and in every class of society.” The article did not provide a shred of evidence to support that slanderous statement, nor did reporter Lizette Alvarez challenge or dispute the comment. Click "Read more..." for more.

	NYT Refuses to Budge: Every Man is a Domestic Abuser Last week RADAR issued an Alert to contact the Times to request a retraction of that article. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of e-mails, letters, and telephone calls went out to the Times. But public editor Mr. Okrent did not respond. Publishing a one-sided and contemptuous article, and then ignoring legitimate concerns, is journalistic arrogance. It also makes a mockery of the claim in the NYT’s own Ethical Journalism Guidebook that their “fundamental purpose is to protect the impartiality and neutrality of The Times.” Because the Times sits at the hub of a vast media empire, and because Lizette Alvarez’ article was so biased and hateful, RADAR has decided to continue and INTENSIFY our campaign. This week, we’re going to send a message that the New York Times won’t be able to ignore. SO THIS TIME, WE’RE GOING TO TURN UP THE VOLUME. Here’s this week’s Game Plan: On Tuesday, telephone the Times at 212-556-7652. That’s the phone number of the NYT public editor, Daniel Okrent. The system will limit your comments to 30 seconds. So just call back a second or third time, if necessary. On Wednesday, send the editors an e-mail: public-at-nytimes.com. On Thursday, send off a Letter to the Editor: Letters to the Editor New York Times 229 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 E-mail: letters-at-nytimes.com Fax: 212-556-3622 And don’t forget RADAR’s protest of the New York Times on Saturday, April 30 at the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009. 4:00 – 8:00pm. More information about the protest will be posted on the RADAR website. If we’re not outraged by this article, then what is the point of outrage? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date of RADAR Release: April 18, 2005 Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) is a coalition of men and women working to assure media balance and accuracy in coverage of the domestic violence issue. More information can be found at: http://www.mediaradar.org/

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Stop VAWA (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 03:10 AM April 19th, 2005 EST (#1) "NYT Refuses to Budge: Every Man is a Domestic Abuser" I'm beginning to think NCFMLA has driven the gender feminist movement underground in the Los Angeles area. I'd love to protest the NYT personally, but it's a little far to drive. I'll make the effort to follow the schedule of contact times and locations this week. They need some education to the truth. Here's a timely new bumper sticker (below) I particularly like the wording on. It's very appropriate for all those gender feminists at the NYT. The old ones on my car were looking a little weathered after all the rain and sun so I scraped them off a few months ago. I've missed all the honking and thumbs up so I went shopping tonight. STOP VAWA - Vicious & Abusive Women's Arrogance Ray Please do not scroll up the page of the linked item(s). All the info I'm trying to convey is as the page initially comes up.

Gundrun Schyman, not very popular at all (Score:1) by Indiana Jones on 12:26 PM April 19th, 2005 EST (#2) I have a friend who works at NY times...i will see what i can get her to do.

Re:Gundrun Schyman, not very popular at all (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 03:15 PM April 19th, 2005 EST (#3) Wow! The New York Times having a "leftist" feminist agenda??!!?? Who'd a thunk it?? I'm shocked! (sarcasm, of course)   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

hopeless case (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 08:33 PM April 19th, 2005 EST (#4) The NYT is hopelessly misandristic. They don't give a fig about male victims of domestic violence, male reproductive choice, sexism in family law, etc. They've been repeating the same old feminist lies for decades. Any male activism is better than none. But it's worth applying your effort sensibily. Email MacKinnon the male-hater? She's insane! Copy your email to a bunch of administrators at Stanford instead.

Count me in (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 09:15 PM April 19th, 2005 EST (#5) OK, I'm on board with this... I already called them today, and will send an email tomorrow. I'm also in the process of writing an Op Ed to my campus newspaper on the "hidden side" of DV. -phantasmagoria

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