[IMC-Boston-Editorial] Purge and Story

[visnusdream at juno.com]

I love the idea of presenting an opinion gathering story. Perhaps, we could write it together as a group, similar to a Wiki format, but just using the list. (?) Or someone can just write the article and the rest of us can rubber stamp it. Whatever, you guys want.
I don't want my last off-list e-mail to seem overly strident regarding the Purge issue. I think it is a topic that we can discuss and hopefully find a solution that satisfies most of us. 
We are finding more and more topics that are going to require a face to face discussion, and perhaps debate, if we are going to reach consensus. I look forward to the up coming meeting. 
I'm not sure why this article was hidden:
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/47169/index.php
The notes said it was Advertising for Democrats (!!??!) Its a link to a petition condemning the war in Iraq and calling for an investigation!!! Nobody is making money off it. In fact, it is arguably news, just because it is being circulated by an elected official. If someone wrote a story saying that Ted Kennedy is trying to have the President impeached; how could we deny that it was newsworthy?
I am so confused with the way the editorial policy is being implemented, I can't describe it.
How can we hide this, and then leave this weirdo Anti-Christian garbage up:
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/47327/index.php
I thought this was "open publishing." What does the term mean if we are going to hide everything we don't agree with? 
I honestly do not mean these as rhetorical questions. I think we need to have a radical and passionate discussion about editing the site. 
At the current rate, I just don't have time to e-mail this list every single time an unoffensive or relevant post gets removed.
I think a completely new, ideologically driven editorial policy is being implemented. What I have seen leads me to believe that the Editorial policy as written is completely inadequate to justify some of our practices. Furthermore, I think it is obviously inadequate to curb our tendency to  hack and slash across the website. 
I thought "open newswire"  meant people could put any and all news on it, whether so-called radicals think the ideas are worthy or not. Who are we to censor some of this stuff. i think we should cultivate a broad readership. Furthermore, our readers are intelligent enough to decide for themselves what is worthy of being read, or supported. 
I am afraid that we are becoming the monsters we want to undo.
Please, excuse any offenses I may have made. I am trying to move from being part of the problem to part of the solution, but I have a long way to go. 
Let's get some feed back from our readers. Let's get feedback from the general IMC body. Let's talk to each other, and let's find balance. 
Love and respect,
Jamie 
 
 
 
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