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Indymedia removed from Google news?

Dan | 08.05.2003 23:45

Has Indymedia been kicked off Google?

A right-wing blog / message board site in the US has written to Google claiming racism in Indymedia sites. This is (supposedly) the reply they got:

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your email. We have recently removed Indymedia from our news sources. Stories that are already in our Google News search results may still show up for the next few weeks.

Regards,
The Google Team


Is this true? Please write to Google and explain Indymedia's editorial policy. This is a serious blow to the Indymedia network if true.

Dan
- Homepage: http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

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i don't see any email headers...

09.05.2003 00:28

anyone can make up an email like that. don't let yourself be scared too easily.

fake


After humanity claim victimhood on the plants

09.05.2003 03:16

After humanity claim victimhood on the plants
After humanity claim victimhood on the plants

Its all national socialist brown shirt philisophical wank.
Hold Philosophy first before the facts.
If a fact does not serve the ideology, blame the messenger and destroy him or her for unbelief.
Life, only to end, matters, those who want to live and protect themselves, are not serving the ideology and are unbelievers. hold these people pictured below as the nobles.

jokeness


It's a consipracy

09.05.2003 06:27

It's a conspiracy. Consider who controls Google. That's right! Google is controlled by a Zionist cabal.

Don't believe me? I know for a fact that there are Jewish people working there. Obiviously they pulled strings the get our site delisted. Why else would Google stop referring to a fine site such as this which constantly exposes the "ZIONAZI" agenda?

Indymedia's delisting from google is just one small step in the Zionist conspiracy by the J-O-O-O-O-S to control the internet.

What a shame, no longer will Google provide Indymedia reporting such as this:

"Tells Lebanon it will have to get its oil thru Israel from new pipeline from Iraq thru Sharon's terrorist regime. Jews Boucher, Bolton, Wolfowitz and the rest of ZOG controlling US policy working overtime to punish Arabs and reward Jews. And right wing Zionist General Garner, new emperor of Iraq has not yet even started raping the Iraqi people."
 http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/1600755.php

Hermann


Sorry Mr. X

09.05.2003 06:28

Your beloved "Palestinian" thugs are dead mean walking, haboobi. Israel will prevail.

Moe Katz


Fit for news

09.05.2003 12:59

The reality of the situation is no matter how much the staff and financial backers of IMC wishes it, their pet project is not a "News" outlet. There are news worthy posting on their assorted pages but they are scatted with all sorts of personal essays and unsubstantiated postings that have not been fact checked.

When people look for "news" they want facts that they can trust. Serious news sites have fact checkers and editors to ensure a level of reliability that can be trusted by their customers. Most importantly those legitamit "News" organizations have accountability. There is a way to track down those that are responsible. When they do wrong there are checks and ballences that can be enforced (even if we don't like the results).

IMC does none of those things. Therefore Google's actions were perfectly and legitimately justified in removing IMC from their News organization database.

If the IMC staff, financial backers, and supporters don't like Google's actions then I suggest that they start building some accountability into their structure.

Kelly


Free speech for thee, but not for me?

10.05.2003 00:13

How pathetic. You delete all the posts that disagree with you. You're nothing but a bunch of losers who have nothing better to do than whine and seeth.

Check your pants, boys, do you have any testicles?

Catholic Zionist Crusader


Heh Heh Heh

10.05.2003 03:29

Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh ....

Dallas


Hey, Kelly

20.05.2003 09:12

First, Indymedia does NOT have 'financial backers'. It subsists on a shoestring. You're getting confused with corporate media.

Secondly, when people look for "news" they do NOT want "facts that they can trust". Some do, but most want facts that will support their predjucies. Look at Fox and the 160 Murdoch papers worldwide that all had the same position on the iraq invasion (what a coicidence!!). Indymedia is as flawed as most of the corporate media - its just that the flaws are much more visable.

Having said that, Indymedia does need more light and less heat.

Ted