[imc-sf-active] utah site problems

[Bob Ness]

Hi there. I'm one of the editors at SF-IMC

There is nothing on Utah-IMC with my name signed to it that I actually
wrote. They are all forgeries, most of them probably by this guy:

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/1698659.php

They are "black propaganda," straight out of COINTELPRO. I am appalled
that anyone who calls themselves an IMCista would be complicit in such a
campaign against any activist. That it is against me personally, I deeply
resent. It is more than just very bad politics. It is deeply, deeply
offensive. How dare you tell lies with my name signed to them? For shame.

Please remove all of them immediately.

Other who have had their names forged there include my friends Kevin
Keating and Angie Tibbs, AKA "Angie, SF-IMC reporter," etc. There are
probably more. Those are just the ones that have come to my attention.

There is nothing *about* me on Utah-IMC that is true, either. It's all
slander, i.e., disinformation. No IMC that publishes disinformation can be
taken seriously as a source of authentic journalism.

No IMCista can be taken seriously as an activist who allows enemy,
particularly racist, propaganda to be published in their name.  No IMCista
can be taken seriously as an activist who allows a classic COINTELPRO
smear campaign against a fellow IMCista to be published on their site.

Through lack of editing, Utah-IMC has gone beyond being merely a joke. It
is a knife in the back of the movement. If you are not going to clean it
up and keep it clean, please turn it off. Otherwise, you're doing more
harm than good. I understand that you have constraints on your available
time, so if you want help with the editing, just ask.

For more about propaganda as a tool of repression, see:

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/1666652_comment.php


For more about black propaganda in particular, see:

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/12/1555696_comment.php