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Jared Diamond, The New Yorker Deny All: New Guinea Tribesmen Wemp and Mandingo File Amended Libel Lawsuit
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| by Katie Rolnick, Stinkyjournalism.org |
October 20, 2009 12:29 pm EST
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| An image of Jared Diamond's April, 2008 article in The New Yorker that featured the violent acts of revenge allegedly committed by Papua New Guinean tribesmen, Daniel Wemp and Isum Mandingo. (Credit: Science) |
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Last Friday, New York attorneys Jack Litman and Richard Asche filed an amended complaint for their clients New Guinea Tribesmen Daniel Wemp and Isum Mandingo in the New York State Supreme Court.
Wemp was the main source and character in Jared Diamond's New Yorker article, "Vengeance is Ours," in which Diamond depicted Papua New Guinean Wemp and his co-plaintiff Isum Mandingo, as murderers. Previously, Wemp -- who claims that because of Diamond's story,...Go to full story
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‘We Never Make Mistakes’:
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| Jared Diamond & David Remnick echo Stalinist police defending New Yorker article |
| by Alan Bisbort |
May 21, 2009
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| David Remnick surely knows the old Soviet Union's adage pulled out in the face of evidence of wrong-doing...so why does he apply such backwater denials to obvious and demonstrable factual errors in Jared Diamond's New Yorker essay? See “Annals of Anthropology:Vengeance Is Ours: What can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even?” April 21, 2008 issue.
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This is #2 in a Series of StinkyJournalism.org blog posts that respond to Jared Diamond’s and New Yorker’s exclusive statements to Science magazine, published May 15, 2009. Blog post #2 is by journalist and guest blogger, Alan Bisbort. (Read summaries about the controvery and the $10 million libel suit against New Yorker and Diamond in AP and Chronicle of Higher Ed ).
As I read Michael Balter’s detailed account of the scandal involving Jared...Go to full story
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'17 killed,' '29 more killings': Jared Diamond 'stands by' New Yorker revenge story and gives the illusion of precision
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
May 18, 2009
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| MURDER HE WROTE? Yours truly, Rhonda R. Shearer as depicted in Science magazine, alongside, former Papua New Guinea (PNG) World Wildlife Fund employee and indigenous person Daniel Wemp. Jared Diamond claims in his dramatic tale published by The New Yorker last year, that Wemp was a blood "thirsty" "killer" responsible for organizing "about 30 killings" during 1992-1995 -- an account for which Wemp served as his sole, unverified source.
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This is #1 in a Series of StinkyJournalism.org blog posts that will respond to Jared Diamond’s and New Yorker’s exclusive statements to Science magazine, published May 15, 2009...
Judging by the quotations attributed to Jared Diamond in last week’s breakthrough news report in Science magazine, "'Vengeance' Bites Back At Jared Diamond," denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Michael Balter, who scored the interview exclusives with both Diamond and New...Go to full story
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Science Magazine Reporter Scores Exclusive Interviews:
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| Wins Jared Diamond and New Yorker Mag's First Response to Tribesmens' Lawsuit |
| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
May 15, 2009
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| Jared Diamond is shown here in a still from a National Geographic series, based upon his best-selling book, Guns Germs and Steel. Diamond wrote an "Annals of Anthropology" essay in the New Yorker last year that accuses Papua New Guinea tribesmen, Henep Isum of being a Ombal tribal leader who organized revenge killing from 1992-1995 in Papua New Guinea. The problem was none of this was true. He wasn't even an Ombal and he served his community as a village peace officer during 1992-1995. New Yorkers famed fact checkers provide no evidence of ever attempting to contact Mr. Mandingo before publication. Now he is suing in pursuit of an apology and retraction of what he calls "lies." Now the courts will decide.
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Science Magazine reporter, Michael Balter, scored a coup. The Press has tried--and failed --since the April 20, 2009 filing of a libel lawsuit in New York State Court by Papua New Guinea tribesmen, to get interviews with Jared Diamond and The New Yorker Magazine.
The media sought comments regarding the libel allegations and StinkyJournalism.org's report on the numerous errors found in Diamond's New Yorker essay, April 21, 2008, about revenge killings where he...Go to full story
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