[Boston-editorial] should we feature this? fact-checking concerns

[Pete Stidman]

Actually...  after reading it.  What is the real news
value here?  It's kinda like, OK so this weird thing
happened and two people who don't have visas are
deported.  They got detained- but who is this reliable
source that says no internationals have been detained
in over four years?  That seems kinda outlandish to
me.  Not one international has been detained in over
four years???  There had to be somebody in a state
like israel in all that time.  

Let's get some more opinions on this.  Anyone else
want to read it?  let's get our questions straight,
and then email her.  Maybe we can coach her into being
more specific on some stuff and making a better story.
 Like why keep folks anonymous?

-Pete


--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hello --
> 
> I'm wondering if we should feature this story 
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/38704/index.php
> about a 
> Boston-area activist, who wishes to remain
> anonymous, being detained in 
> Jerusalem by the Israeli police. I see no issue with
> it content-wise, 
> but the fact-checking part does bring up some
> concerns, particularly 
> since the activist wishes to remain anonymous. The
> story is also posted 
> on the International Solidarity Movement's website
> (go to 
> http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports.htm and scroll
> down), which is 
> from what I know a solid, trustworthy group. Does
> this meet people's 
> concerns about verifying what happened or should we
> try to find more 
> out?
> 
> -- Matt
> 
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