Fw: [IMC-bristol] re: Green Party Article

[Mark Watson]

> I like James's idea on hiding articles that are party political and then
> deciding if to show after a quick discussion.  This also relieves any
> moderators of concerns about siily accusations of bias.  Agenda item for
> sure.
>
> Mark.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Venables" <james at venables.plus.com>
> To: <imc-bristol at lists.indymedia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:51 AM
> Subject: [IMC-bristol] re: Green Party Article
>
>
> > Hmmm....
> >
> > I don't think this article should remain hidden. I'm not in a political
> > party, and have no intention of doing so, so I don't have a party I want
> > promoting too, but I think we need to recognise that elections are news,
> > and we can't pretend like they aren't.
> >
> > The issue of whether the newswire is being monopolised should be the
> > main marker, I feel, & to be honest, BSTW is at times more along that
> > line of acceptability than anyone else (except we advertise everyone's
> > events, which tends to rebalance that imbalance).
> >
> > Everyone should have a shot, in my opinion, but that doesn't mean that
> > we should become a Partly Political hoarding. I think that Party
> > political notices should be hidden initially, but we should then assess
> > whether it's a news story too, & if it it is, which it is, they should
> > be unhidden.
> >
> > James
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> > James Venables
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