[Boston-editorial] why was this hidden?

[Sofia JarrinT]

I think this article/comment should stay up. It's well written and it's clearly a parody. Many writers (ie, Mark Twain) use satire to make a point. We also don't want to single out the anarchist group considering how they are being harrassed by the corporate media.  Did anyone see the article on the Herald?  On the contrary, I rather see well-thought out, clever articles like this from them than just ranting.  
 
We provide a service to the community by giving them space to voice their opinions and feelings.  As long as they don't publish hate pieces (which is clearly stated on the editorial policy), they should be able to say what they want how they want it.  This is not a "newspaper", it's a tool for the community.  I personally love it when people publish actions, contact info, connected to an article.  After all, isn't IndyMedia about journalism and activism?
 
I think it should stay up until we talk in the group and have a clear policy about stuff like this.
 
in solidarity
sofia

Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by putting the article in comments, not the 
newswire. We don't have a commentswire, just a newswire and people post 
commentary there all the time. This sort of satire is a commentary in 
its own right--there is a long history of making political commentary 
through satire.

I think the main issue is whether it will be clear to people that this 
post is satire. I follow stuff related to the World Bank so closely 
that I'm not really a good judge of that. May be what we should do in 
this case (and any future posts like it, where things are unclear) is 
to add an editor's note that this is a satire, not something to be 
taken seriously. That seems better than hiding a perfectly legitimate 
form of political expression.

-- Matt

On Mar 19, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:

> I read it. I even went so far as to hit the link-
> which is fake. site doesn't exist. I don't see this
> as an obvious parody- yes, it is obvous to us but not
> to others, and to what end is this parody? It
> presents itself as a news release with tons of contact
> info at the end.
>
> I hid it because we hide infactual and misleading
> posts. this is both. We are not a website for
> parodies. I can see it in the comments but not the
> newswire, not what we are calling news.
>
> -Pete
>
>
> --- Matthew Williams wrote:
>> Hey Pete --
>>
>> I'm wondering why you hid this post:
>>
> http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/33956/index.php
>> . It seems
>> to me like it's an obvious parody. (And, unlike the
>> Chuck Munson for
>> President, stuff it's not something spitefully
>> attacking another
>> activist.) Did you just not have the time to read
>> it? Or do I know too
>> much about the issue and is that it's a parody not
>> as I think? I'd like
>> to unhide it, if no one has any objections.
>>
>> -- Matt
>>
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