Beste Willy,
In mei 2010, toen er van de Arabische Lente nog geen sprake was, contacteerde ik “Der Spiegel” om hen in te lichten via een team van Tunesiërs rondom mij over wat er gaande was in Tunesië.
Ik laat de correspondentie voor zichzelf spreken.
IK heb wel mijn adres en naam uit de tekst gehaald, ik heb al genoeg aandacht op mij getrokken:
Leser-Service@spiegel.de
28-05-10
aan mij
Dear Mr. XXXX,
Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, we cannot publish the article you
offer us. As a news magazine, we do not accept unsolicited contributions.
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members of our staff who are familiar with and conform to our journalistic
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Geschäftsführer Ove Saffe
>>Vom: 28.05.2010 11:10
>>Empfänger: DER SPIEGEL
>>Anlass: Anregungen / Themenvorschläge
>>E-Mail: XXXXX
>>Anrede: Herr
>>Vorname: XXXXX
>>Nachname: XXXXX
>>Straße: XXXXX
>>Hausnr.:
>>PLZ: XXXXX
>>Ort: XXXXX
>>Land: XXXXX
>>Betreff: Mohamed Ben Ali, President Tunisia
>>
>>Nachricht:
>>———————————————————————-
>>Gentlemen,
>>
>>Following up on the articles in “Le Monde” and “Charlie Hebdo” about the
>>fraudulent and criminal activities of Zinedine El Abidine Ben Ali,
President of
>>Tunisia, and the family of his wife, Trabelsi, the same group of people
will
>>now continue with a new article in “La Liberation” about the connections
>>between Ben Ali and the Mossad, involved in the murders of Palestinian
leaders.
>>The people who want a total anti-Ben Ali press campaign all over Europe
would
>>also like to involve “Der Spiegel”, in cooperation with “La Liberation”.
>>If “Der Spiegel” would be interested to publish the same type of article
with a
>>few exclusive elements to avoid copying each other, we would like to put
“Der
>>Spiegel”in direct contact with the people who have the information.
>>Kindly let us know if you are interested in this topic.
>>
>>Please find the link to the “Le Monde” article here:
>>
>>http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/02/18/ghazi-mellouli-l-homme-qui-en-s
>>avait-trop_1307882_3212.html#xtor=AL-32280340
>>
>>The link to “Charlie Hebdo” will be sent in a couple of hours.
>>
>>XXXXX
>>
>>———————————————————————-
>>
XXXXX
28-05-10
aan Leser-Service
Dear Sir,
I am sorry, but there seems to be a misunderstanding, we do not want to propose you our writing, we would invite your journalists to study the case and your journalist would do the writing as he sees fit.
XXXXX
2010/5/28
Leser-Service@spiegel.de
28-05-10
aan mij
Dear Mr. XXXXX
I am sorry for the misunderständing.
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Our journalists appreciate the interest in their work and review these
letters carefully.
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If DER SPIEGEL wishes to use your information, you will be contacted by one
of our journalists.
Mercury Traveller
Antwoord:
Ben Ali was tot 2011 een vriend van het westen. Wat alleen ingewijden wisten was dat men in de VS werkte aan zijn afzetting. Verder is dit de klassieke reactie. Het land was toen gewoon oninteressant voor Der Spiegel en de rest.
Willy Van Damme
Yours sincerely,
SPIEGEL-Verlag
XXXXX
28-05-10