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Poor use of Indymedia

[machine] | 07.07.2005 19:09 | London

As one of the UK server admins, I find the quality of posts on Indymedia UK regarding the London bombing to be rather poor. This site should be about news, and not politically motivated conjecture.

It's a shame to see that most of the posts on here and for that matter the comments expressed on Indymedia's IRC network regarding the London bombing, seem to be poorly thought out politically motivated conjecture. I appreciate many Indymedia peeps may well be in Edinburgh, but I believe we should have done better. How about some fresh news preferably free of the taint of commercial media (copy-paste's of BBC articles aren't that great)?

I'm particularly sickened by attempts to connect these bombs to the political issues of the G8. Many people alledging that this will be used to forget about poverty, the environment and international relations. One guy on #g8 even suggested that someone should issue a statement claiming responsibility on behalf of MI5 as a joke. Even if it were true (and I somewhat doubt that), now is not the time for politicking. There will be plenty of time for this in the coming months.

It's only a thought, but I suspect many of those who are making politically motivated conjecture are not UK citizens. If so please understand that we may have other preoccupations at the current time.

Freedom and solidarity,
[machine]

[machine]

Comments

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  1. Watch and Wait — @
  2. politically motivated conjecture by foreigners eh? — Pizza Delivery Man
  3. Poor use of the Media Full Stop. — Richard
  4. Them's the breaks.. — artaud
  5. just a realistic observation... — fieldlab
  6. pearly [king] harbour — pat
  7. eye on the ball — facet5
  8. Look at the protests realistically.. — fieldlab
  9. Response from a Londoner — [machine]
  10. Think before you pass judgment since I'm sure you hate when it's done to you — Kathleen
  11. Who can make sense of out of what is senseless? — Curious
  12. Don't Believe The Hype - Indymedia: News or Just Another Message Board? — Des Nulty
  13. We should discuss the bombings and politics — proletarian who reads the internet
  14. The News — Paranoid Pete
  15. Politics necessary in order to ACT — Tom
  16. Poor use? Or poor tool? A bad workman writes — Ben
  17. Political commentary started at the top — Kelly Logan
  18. Another explanation of what I'm concerned about — [machine]
  19. response from New York — subway rider
  20. The great enemies of democracy (<- ????? who ?) — Riccardo
  21. The enemies of democracy <--- who? — Riccardo
  22. Unfortunately conjecture is necessary to get at the truth — Robert Something
  23. Not convinced — skeptic
  24. With Robert, and then some! — Aaron Aarons
  25. Nah, still don't buy it — orang hutan
  26. Indymedia - a training ground for middle class careerists? — Oz