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

[Zaskar]

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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