[Seattle-editorial] Newswire Editing

[Jason Reep]

I will be necessarily critical of radical policy changes.  I would again 
like to re-iterate that the policy as it stands allows for the 
aggressive hiding that seems to be in vogue right now.  I feel a 
slippery slope coming on but I'm not going to object to the sincere 
efforts to clean up the tone of the newswire.  As far as changing the 
policy, I'd ask for people to be very careful.  This is something that's 
at the core of what makes the IMC the IMC, all the bullshit politics 
about the space aside.

Am I protective of the policy as is? Yes.  I was there when it written. 
  I helped.  So take that as a bias if you want.  But, if you read it 
and think about it, I think that you'll understand that it's very 
flexible and strong.

What has the policy stopped the editors from doing that makes it so 
important to change it?

-Jason

Gentry Lange wrote:
> Hey everyone... I don't have the time or patience to fight the newswire crap
> all by myself. So until I have 2 other people commit to vigilante action on
> a daily basis, I am going to postpone doing anything to the wire.
> 
> My thought is that we need first, more volunteer editors, and 2nd a new
> policy. Until then I repeat, I will not be the only one doing this.
> 
> 
> Gentry
> 
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