Saturday, June 18, 2005
To hide, or not to hide...
UK Indymedia goes out of its way to demonstrate that an article has been hidden, using garish backgrounds and explanatory notes detailing why a particular article was considered unworthy of its newswire. One example here. Their editorial policy which quite reasonably prohibits (for starters):
A piece, entitled Internationals Abducted by Israeli Security Forces is a textbook case in distortion, bias and flat out old-fashioned BS. I will provide an executive summary:
apparently doesn't apply to posts critical of Israel, howsoever inaccurate or misleading.
- Discrimination : posts using language, imagery, or other forms of communication promoting racism, fascism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia or any other form of discrimination.
- Inaccurate : posts that are inaccurate or misleading.
A piece, entitled Internationals Abducted by Israeli Security Forces is a textbook case in distortion, bias and flat out old-fashioned BS. I will provide an executive summary:
- Tourists overstay their Visa
- Israeli police arrest law-breaking tourists and release them on conditional bail pending deportation (some "abuduction"!)
- Tourists are not beaten, tortured or subject to anything other than due process
- Article written on Indymedia implies heavy-handedness, makes allusions to torture (screams) and suggests covert spy activity for what is ostensibly a simple case of law-breakers who resent being arrested for... Breaking the law.
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Their irish buddies are at the same game:
http://indymediairelandwatch.blogspot.com/2005/06/dictatorship-of-doers-c-copyright.html
http://indymediairelandwatch.blogspot.com/2005/06/dictatorship-of-doers-c-copyright.html
Not only was it not hidden, but a previous comment and my own were both deleted. Meanwhile 2 other like minded comments were put up, so that's OK - this time.
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