Exchange of correspondence with Reuters AlertNet, regarding the biased activities and agendas of its NGO members and "Content Partners"
NGO Monitor identified Reuters AlertNet as a major media outlet for highly politicized NGOs that promote the 2001 Durban strategy directed against Israel, including, in some cases, divestment and boycott campaigns. NGO Monitor requested information from AlertNet regarding the criteria by which three hundred "contributing organizations" and other NGO "content partners" are accepted and also asked that NGO Monitor analyses of these organizations be published on the AltertNet site. These NGOs, (some of which are highly politicized and biased), provide information on humanitarian needs and background to the conflict, shaping the way relief organizations and the media approach the subject. Megan Rowling of Reuters Alertnet rejected NGO Monitors request, stating that "the political arena in which you/we operate is very sensitive," She failed to acknowledge that this political arena is identical for the NGOs whose reports and activities are publicized, resulting in a glaringly biased publication. Editor Mark H. Jones, then argued that NGO Monitor does not fulfill logistical criteria for content partnership. The correspondence continues.
