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Reporter's Notebook: Paul Silvester

Los cuentos de Medellin (Tales of Medellin)

Hoy recibí este correo sobre un articulo en la National Geographic. La pagina de web para este articulo es ..........

Today I received this email about an article in the National Geographic. The web page for this article is ............ http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0503/featu re4/index.html

pero no es completo... perdóname. Si tienes acceso al articulo entero entonces estaría muy interesado.¡¡Este es un ejemplo de cómo siente la gente sobre artículos negativos!!El correo está en Español pero he hecho un traducción rápido. Perdona mis errores.

But it is not complete..... sorry. If you have access to the entire article I would be very interested.This is an example of how the people feel about negative articles!! The email is in Spanish but I have made a quick translation. Sorry for any errors.

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LA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ES INJUSTA CON MEDELLÍN

LO INVITAMOS A PROTESTAR

En su edición de marzo la reconocida revista de la National Geographic publicó un artículo titulado Medellín, historias de una guerra urbana, escrito por Eliza Griswold. Pocas veces se había visto un artículo tan sensacionalista y mal intencionado sobre nuestra ciudad, pues se aprovecha de datos viejos (los más recientes son del 2003), hace referencias imprecisas y se basa en lugares comunes con muy poca investigación en profundidad.

Por ejemplo: Muestran una fotografía del tradicional Desfile de Mitos y Leyendas y se refieren a él como una danza de la muerte; un baile pogo de un grupo de punkeros es catalogado como cultura de la muerte; y se menciona con insistencia maliciosa a Pablo Escobar.

Un texto como ese daña a miles de personas que trabajan, sueñan y ponen todo su esfuerzo en la creación de nuevas y mejores oportunidades para todos en la ciudad.

Lo invitamos a leer la carta que el alcalde de Medellín, Sergio Fajardo V., le dirigió a John M. Fahey, editor de la revista, en

y también las múltiples reacciones que originó la publicación, en el colombiano

y, sobre todo,

LE INVITAMOS A PROTESTAR (al parecer habrá una segunda parte del artículo escrita en el mismo tono).  

ESCRIBA SUS COMENTARIOS A: newsdesk@nationalgeographic.com y hgsforum@nationalgeographic.com

Y REENVÍE ESTE MENSAJE A LA GENTE QUE QUIERE A MEDELLÍN PARA QUE PROTESTE.

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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IS UNFAIR TO MEDELLIN.

WE INVITE YOU TO PROTEST.

In their March edition the recognized magazine National Geographic published an article entitled  Medellín, Stories of a Urban War, written by Eliza Griswold. Only occasionally has an article looked so sensationalistic and been so ill-intentioned about our city, because she takes advantage of old data, the most recent came from 2003, she makes imprecise references and it is based on rumours with very little in depth investigation .

For example: They show a photo of Mitos's traditional Parade and Legends and they refer to these as a dance of death; A punk group pogo dancing is described as representing a culture of death; And Pablo Escobar is continually mentioned with malicious intent.

A text like this damages thousands of people that work, that dream and that get on with their efforts to create new and better opportunities for all of the city.

We invite you to read the letter sent by Sergio Fajardo, Medellín's mayo to John M. Fahey, publisher of the magazine; (Sorry I have not had time to translate this!)

And also the many reactions that the article has inspired in the publication El Colombiano.

But most of all, WE INVITE YOU TO PROTEST (apparently there will be a second part of the article written in the same tone).

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: newsdesk@nationalgeographic.com y hgsforum@nationalgeographic.com

PLEASE SEND THIS EMAIL TO PEOPLE WHO LOVE MEDELLIN SO THAT THEY CAN PROTEST.

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