[Seattle-editorial] Feature proposal: Seattle a Leader inNational Mandate of Apathy and Distrust

Mon Nov 11 14:24:28 PST 2002

I like it, but yes it will look so long as vertical.  Is the JL suggestion to have the feature link to stories on wire, which stories hold each group/topic of the links? So the feature is neater, and separte from the "index" ?  I would agree if this is what he suggests.

Walt
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On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:15:10  
 jonathan lawson wrote:
>Good one, good linking of national/local issues. It seems a bit vertically 
>long...we don't usually have such lists of links! Are all those stories of 
>feature quality? The "Discussion" ones seem particularly numerous, for 
>example, and they're all basically doors without nameplates. Having 
>collected all those links, it might be cool to do an annotated list of them 
>(with titles or summaries) and post that as a newswire article, then link 
>to that.
>Also, in the past we have tried very hard to find non-corporate sources for 
>features. Hopefully you could find an indie source for the Washington Post 
>info?
>
>Thumbs up with the following little proposed edits:
>
>At 03:27 AM 11/9/2002 -0800, Brandon Faloona wrote:
>
>subtitle: SEVENTY PERCENT OF SEATTLE VOTERS STAY HOME
>title: Seattle a Leader in National Mandate of Apathy and Distrust
>
>Seventy percent of Seattle registered voters - a staggering three hundred 
>thousand - did not cast a ballot in last Tuesday's general 
>election.  Statewide non-participation was not as stark, but tallied a 
>solid fifty-five percent. Non-voters, also including those eligible to vote 
>but chose not to register, constitute a silent majority casting a long 
>shadow over our electoral process. The Nov. 5 turnout nationwide was 
>reported to be
><a href= http://tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/6700>the lowest ever</a> among
>the world's established democracies.
>
><p>Corporate media spinmeisters, however,
><a
>href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/news/politics/4455549.htm">reported
>a "slight rise"</a> in turnout nationally, and scrambled to fill airtime 
>without volumes of
>VNS exit poll data to over-analyze.
>
><p>Democracy is about <a
>href="http://commondreams.org/views02/1106-07.htm">"government that draws
>its power and legitimacy from its citizens,"</a> making it nearly
>impossible to position present day America as the world's leading
>democracy.
>
><!---
>please try to find a non-corporate source for this
>With big money running America's two-party political machine,
>the public's trust in government continues to erode. The day after
>soft-money became effectively illegal in federal campaigns, leaders of
>both major parties were <a
>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19207-2002Nov6.html">reported 
>to agree</a> on specific ways to legally circumvent the spirit of the law.
>-->
>
><p>
><a href="http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=214895">To Vote or Not
>to Vote?</a>
><p>
><b>Indymedia Election Coverage:</b>
><a
>href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=32028">Portland</a>
>-
><a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=215225">direct
>action</a> |
><a href="http://twincities.indymedia.org:8081/index.php3">Twin Cities</a> |
><a href="http://stlouis.indymedia.org/">St. Louis</a> |
><a href="http://la.indymedia.org/">Los Angeles</a> |
><a href="http://houston.indymedia.org/">Houston</a> -
><a href="http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2002/11/5265.php">post election
>poll</a> |
><a
>href="http://twincities.indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/11/2002-11.html#5817">Minnesota</a>
>|
><a href="http://maine.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2709">Maine</a>
><p>
><a href="http://www.fairvote.org">Center for Voting and Democracy:</a> <a
>href="http://www.fairvote.org/e_news/election2002.htm">The 2002 Elections
>and the Case for Reform</a> |
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19814">Why
>Don't We Vote</a>
>
><p>
><b>Election Reports / Irregularities:</b>
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19496">1</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19716">2</a>,
><a href="http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19725">3</a>,
><a href="http://indyhawaii.org/news/2002/11/96.php">4</a>,
><a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=38027">5</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19704">6</a>,
><a
>href="http://twincities.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=8124">7</a>,
><a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=38047">8</a>,
><a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=215225">9</a>
>
><p>
><b>Discussion:</b> <a
>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19708">1</a>,
><a href="http://twincities.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=8205">2</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19686">3</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19592">4</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19548">5</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19543">6</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19509">7</a>,
><a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19116">8</a>,
><a href="http://la.indymedia.org/news/2002/11/21906.php">9</a>,
><a href="http://utah.indymedia.org/news/2002/11/3209.php">10</a>,
><a href="http://austin.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4129">11</a>,
><a href="http://austin.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4129">12</a>,
><a
>href="http://twincities.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=8165">13</a>,
><a
>href="http://twincities.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=8140">14</a>,
><a
>href="http://twincities.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=8143">15</a>,
><a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31733">16</a>
>
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