[Boston-editorial] To all editors: Fact-Checking the Herald for center column

[Sofia JarrinT]

here are Pete's previous concerns, just in case anyone
missed them:

oops- I guess you did give your opinion.  didn't see
that.  

So i'll throw in more of mine, and try not to get too
adversarial if i can, because you know I love you
guys.

In my mind, and in most of the news organizations I
have observed, the news cycle is a very important
thing.  It happens fast.  If something happened
yesterday and people want to know about it they search
for news on it today.  

When that article in the herald came out it was a buzz
for a week or so in the community.  Articles went up
on infoshop and I think we even had a small mention of
it, and other places.  Nobody posted a big article
about it to our site, none of us wrote a piece on it,
we missed it.  That's where the problem lies.  We
should have been on it then.  

I think if we were to center it now, a month later, it
is an issue that people have already read a great deal
about, talked about, mulled over, gotten over, and
almost forgotten, we would look like we were 

a.) behind the times
b.) confused as to when the article actually came out
c.) generally unsavvy about the idea of the news cycle

THis may not seem like a big deal to folks, but I thnk
it is a really big deal.  It means our critics have
stuff to point at and say "they're so hopelessly out
of date"  and our fans could say "damn that happened a
month ago, WTF"

OK i've said my bit, now I'll get off my soapbox for a
while.  

-Pete

--- Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Note to everyone, please do not center this unless
> you
> can convince me that we should.  The article is over
> a
> n=month old.  I think it is from february.  
> 
> I wouldn't be such a stickler on this but Sophia has
> not mentioned in her email that I opposed it and I
> feel like she is trying to make this into a majority
> rule decision while not addressing my concerns.  
> 
> please do not center this until discussion resolves
> this issue.  It is not fair to try and exclude me
> from
> this decision.
> 
> -Pete
> 
> 
> --- Sofia JarrinT <sofiajt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > hi there,
> > 
> > I'm not yet an editor, but here are the reasons
> why
> > I
> > think the following article should be centered:
> > 
> >
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/35006/index.php
> > 
> > - the article published by the Herald and
> mentioned
> > in
> > the article above was a clear defamation not only
> of
> > anarchist student groups but also of DNC
> protesters.
> > It bundled both of them together, therefore trying
> > to
> > misinform the public of real concerns that
> > protesters
> > had at that event.
> > 
> > - the worst thing about the Herald article was its
> > attempt to tie links between ABC and AlQaeda,
> which
> > is
> > something that the Bush administration has tried
> to
> > do
> > with many groups expressing dissent. Therefore,
> the
> > trend becomes anarchists=protesters=AlQaeda. Same
> > policy followed in the Middle East right now that
> > all
> > groups of dissent are terrorists.
> > 
> > - anarchist groups as a whole have been demonized
> by
> > corporate media, including the New York Times and
> > Washington Post. Demonized them and again, bundled
> > together with protesters.  I think they deserve
> > space
> > on our center column.
> > 
> > - ABC really stepped up to the plate during the
> > anti-war protest last month.  They paid bail for
> > those
> > 
> > arrested.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > Sofia
> > 
> > 
> > 
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