UPDATE ON MIAMI HERALD DEMONSTRATION:

[11-22-03]: Miami Herald Executive Editor Tom Fiedler requested a meeting with Cheri Honkala to discuss the KWRU’s plan to hold a demonstration in front of the newspaper to protest the media’s coverage of the FTAA demonstrations.

Ms. Honkala, along with two representatives from the KWRU, went to Mr. Field’s office the morning of the demonstration and were promised two things. First, the Miami Herald would commit to printing more stories that focused on the real danger NAFTA and the FTAA pose to poor people in this country and to the poor around the world. Second, the Miami Herald committed to printing more stories that had poor people speaking for themselves and making their voices heard about issues that directly affect them.

Given that Miami is the poorest city in the country, the KWRU felt that the paper had an extra responsibility to have the voices of poor people, who are the real casualties of NAFTA, represented in their coverage. Miami Herald editor Tom Fiedler also invited Ms. Honkala to write an editorial about the media blackout on issues of poverty.

The KWRU held their demonstration in front of the Miami Herald on Friday, November 21st as planned.