[Imc-aotearoa-ed] hidding corp. stuff

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I agree. We need to treat them case-by-case. - Ken

On 7 Aug 2002 at 9:47, roving wrote:

> Briefly: I don't think we can say we plan to enforce a ban on 'corporate
> media' articles. I think there are occasions when an article from scoop (a
> for profit - advertiser funded site) or BBC / Guardian / Herald is
> appropriate. I think we should aim to come up with the type of article we
> support. What topics / tone they take. And is there anything wrong with
> publishing the occasional thing specifically to highlight the coruptness
> of the corporate press. Like: "Read this from the herald about the union
> march, you'll get a laugh out of it." I don't see any harm in that.
> 
> I would like to see us make clear that articles not relevant to our aims
> will be the foundation for any editorial decision. Where we can make
> things easier by being more specific all the better.
> 
> rovin
> 
> PS. I'm away from pc's for two weeks, finished english teaching - off to
> the Edinburg fringe festival with my girlfriend.
> PPS. Shall we merge the ed and feature lists - for now? I only checked the
> features list for that feature when I was looking for discussions. It was
> on this list too. I think we are getting confused about WRITTING an
> article to use as a feature and the other ASSEMBLY type feature. Can we
> keep talking about this.
> 
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