Não podia deixar de reproduzir aqui, a matéria que o sitio "Comunique-se" (dedicado a jornalistas) publicou, nesta quarta-feira, sobre os bastidores da matéria da revista Veja, tentando denegrir a imagem de Ernesto Che Guevara. Desde que iniciei a publicação deste blog, apenas uma vez deixei de publicar um comentário dos meus "posts". Foi justamente aquele em que criticava a matéria da "revista" dos Civitta. Por que procedia de um fascista denegerado que faltava com todas as normas de moral e etiqueta. Ele de vez em quando volta a incomodar. Meu senso jornalístico impedia de aceitar a matéria do Diogo Shelp dentro dos parâmetros da imparcialidade. Observe o tom dos jornalistas da Veja e principalmente o que disse o americano para o autor do texto:
A reportagem de Veja sobre Che Guevara - publicada na edição de 03/10 - teve parte de seus bastidores levada a público e transformada em crítica, o que motivou uma discussão entre um dos autores e um dos citados na matéria. Jon Lee Anderson, autor de “Che Guevara, uma Biografia” e jornalista da New Yorker, disse que o perfil é “texto opinativo disfarçado de jornalismo imparcial”.
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From: Jon Lee Anderson
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:14:11 +0100
To: <...@abril.com.br>
Conversation: Interview for VEJA Magazine/jlanderson
Subject: Re: Interview for VEJA Magazine/jlanderson
Dear Diogo,
I was intrigued as to why I never heard back from you when I replied to this email you sent me (see below). And then I saw the article you wrote in Veja, which was the most one-sided perspective on a contemporary political figure I have seen in a long time. It was precisely this kind of highly-editorialized reporting, either hagiographically in favor, or -- as in your case -- demonizingly against, that led me to write my biography. I sought to put some flesh and blood on Che’s overly-mythified bones in order to understand what kind of person he really was. What you have written is an OpEd piece camouflaged as a piece of accurate journalism, which, of course, it is not. Honest journalism, to my knowledge, involves incorporating different sources of information and perspectives, and attempting to place the person or situation you are writing about into context, so as to educate your readers with at least a semblance of objectivity. What you have done with Che is equivalent to writing about, say, George W. Bush, and relying almost entirely on quotes from Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to bolster your own point of view. I am, glad, in the end, that you did not follow up with me for the interview, because I would have spoken to you in good faith, under the mistaken assumption that you were a serious journalist, and an honest colleague. And In that assumption, I would have been sadly mistaken. Please feel free to publish my letter in Veja if you wish.
Yours, Jon Lee Anderson
On 9/24/07 8:46 PM, "[Jon Lee Anderson"
Dear Mr. Jon Lee Anderson,
I hope this email finds you well. I´m a brazilian journalist for VEJA Magazine. Some time ago we had the opportunity to have lunch together at the restaurant of Abril, the publishing company where you gave a speech at our Journalism Club. That day, we had a very interesting talk about Hugo Chávez.
I´m preparing for the next issue (to be published this weekend) a special report about Che Guevara, on th 40th anniversary of his death. I ´ve been reading you book on him. I really would like to make a short interview with you about Che. If you agree please let me know the best phone number for me to call, and when.
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Diogo Schelp
Editor de Internacional / Editor for International News
P.S. E pior de tudo é que quem está publicando esta pendega na própria Veja é o colunista da extrema direita Reinaldo Azevedo.