[Imc-aotearoa-ed] WSU /Nexus feature

[Brian van Dam]

Kia Ora All,
                            Had a phone call from WSU exec member 
Moananuui Rameka yesterday. He had just got the e-mail I sent last week 
asking if WSU exec wanted to respond to the accusations made agianst 
them in the Nexus feature and related posts (I was trying to get a bit 
more active journalism into AIM!).

After I explained what AIM was and wasn't, there were two things I told 
Moananui:
1)    The best way to deal with the accusations was to post a response 
with their evidence - since done, though there is no concrete evidence 
as such.
2)    That I would raise his concerns over a posting title with the 
editorial collective.

The latter point is in relation to a posting titled *`` Radio Tainui 
-Whakarongo Mai, ito irirangi Tainui *'', (4th comment added to the 
article below):

http://www.indymedia.org.nz/front.php3?article_id=653&group=webcast

 which according to Moananui means ``Radio Tainui - listen to the voice 
of Tainui''. He had spoken to Radio Tainui and they didn't know anything 
about the post, so he felt that the title grossly misrepresented the 
situation. He asked if that title could be changed.

Coming fresh from having done a (victor post) title change, which others 
weren't so happy with, I said I would ask. So.... what do others think? 
I feel the title (if the translation above is accurate?) is a bit OTT, 
though I haven't been able to contact anyone at Radio Tainui. I think if 
someone from Radio Tainui contacted us and confirmed they knew nothing 
of the post, that would be concrete proof justifying alteration.

Finally, we may want to add a link to the feature article about Nexus, 
as I note that Marva Carlin in this comment:

http://www.indymedia.org.nz/display.php3?article_id=750&group=webcast

does seem to be admitting the accusation of violence by an exefc member 
can't be substantiated by the video, so could we add a brief comment or 
update to this effect on the main feature? (I hasten to add I don't know 
the full details of this story, but am concerned that we give a balanced 
response if we notice a new angle coming up - the violence retraction 
seems to be such a new angle).

Cheers,
                Brian.