[Boston-editorial] Re: centering Iraq soldier article

[sharpie at riseup.net]

Hey folks, I want to present a something to consider on this issue:

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_5106.shtml

This shows another website which has had some issues and some questions
about the authenticity of Mr. Shafts work. I think it is important to
consider this, as well as his lack of response in getting back to us.

Also, he does not appear to have a website, and as per this email, appears
that he may not be the most stable/reliable of people:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coalitionforfreethoughtinmedia/message/1

His "open publishing" source is only a yahoogroups.

please consider these things, and let me know if those of you who support
centering his article still agree.

thanks!
solidarity
sharpie


> hi,
>
> I strongly encourage you both to re-read the article
> and search through Jay's web site.  The more you look
> into it, the more credibility it has (also see Tim's
> email on this). The rest of his postings are not
> interviews, they are letters of soldiers that he has
> posted on his website:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFTMGroup/message/491
>
> Here is a "letter to the editor" he got, in response
> to his article:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFTMGroup/message/665
>
> He has also written other articles on poverty and so
> forth:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFTMGroup/message/706
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFTMGroup/message/705
>
> And, here is an article on Salon.com that shows some
> of the emotional and physical reactions that soldiers
> with PTSD have when they come back home:
>
> http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/07/whistleblower/index_np.html
>
> I don't think we should weigh this article on Jay's
> response or not.  I don't think we have a policy that
> unless the author contact us, we'll center the article
> or not.  In regards to timeliness, the interview was
> originally done in January (as Jay mentions on the
> article), so it's not really tied to an "event".
>
> Just one more thing, his website promotes an open
> newswire like us and it is another good example of
> collective indy media, and I really don't mind
> promoting it (as well as hopefully attracting some of
> his writers to our site as well).
>
> cheers
> Sofia
>
>
>
> --- Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> oops, I just emailed sofia and sharpie off list by
>> accident.
>>
>> So far we are deadlocked.  I was ready to stand
>> aside
>> because I thought I was alone on this but since
>> sharpie feels the same as I it gives me more
>> confidence in my feeling that something is amiss in
>> this article.
>>
>> To break the deadlock I suggest first of all
>> somebody
>> re-send the link to the list, I can't find the damn
>> article anymore. Second of all we get a hold of Jay.
>>
>> Thirds of all we inspect his other stories and so
>> on.
>>
>>
>> THis story is getting stale, but he may post more in
>> the future.
>>
>> One thing I thought was odd when I originally looked
>> at Jay's links is it is all interviews with
>> soldiers.
>> A one subject guy.  I wonder how many of those were
>> anonymous?  all?
>>
>> -Pete
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Sofia JarrinT <sofiajt at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > hi,
>> > This brings up an issue on how consensus and
>> > blocking
>> > powers work for centering articles.  There are 4
>> > people (tim, jon, matthew, and I) who think we
>> > should
>> > feature it and 2 others (Pete and yourself) who
>> > don't.
>> >  Have you guys run into this before? What do you
>> do
>> > in
>> > this case?
>> >
>> > I do think it's newsworthy since the only other
>> > feature we've had about Iraq is protests. It would
>> > be
>> > nice to have something with more meat in it, and
>> > this
>> > is a personal account of a soldier.  I re-read the
>> > article and think it's very genuine.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Sofia
>> > Ps: sorry, I should have sent the original email
>> to
>> > the BIM Editorial list to begin with.
>> >
>> > --- sharpie at riseup.net wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hey Sofia, I still feel how I said I felt
>> before,
>> > > that the article doesn't
>> > > ring true to me, it feels a little shady, and I
>> > also
>> > > just don't feel
>> > > there's much newsworthy merit to it.
>> > >
>> > > I agree as well with the things Pete said about
>> > the
>> > > article, and I think
>> > > that if Jay really wants his article to be
>> > featured
>> > > on Boston Indymedia,
>> > > the least he could do is to write at least one
>> of
>> > us
>> > > back.
>> > >
>> > > But I'd like to hear Pete's thoughts.
>> > >
>> > > peace
>> > > sharpie
>> > >
>> > > > hi guys,
>> > > >
>> > > > If you don't have huge opposition to it, I
>> would
>> > > like
>> > > > to center Jay's article.  The rest of the
>> > editors
>> > > are
>> > > > ok with it.  Please let me know.
>> > > >
>> > > > gracias!
>> > > > sofia
>> > > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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