opposing the state media
billy tomes | 14.10.2005 07:25 | Culture | Sheffield
we live in the Society of the Spectacle - ideas that prop up capitalism are broadcast daily by multinational and state media, often smearing our comrades in struggle - the bbc director general is appearing at the sheffield int documentary festival today - we are leafletting and intervening. come along for a bit of fun if you can.
we will be putting forward a left critique at the SIDF on Friday 14th at BBC D-G Mark Thompson's lecture 6.30pm Pennine theatre sheff hallam uni - just across from showroom cinema - come and help leaflet if you can, and then we'll be leafleting/protesting/intervening as a team on Saturday 15th at Showroom?hallam - the state media particularly, likethe BBC, will be opposed and what stands for investigative journalism today - it's nearly all crap. We call it SPIJ - a baser form of spin - State Compromised Pseudo Investigative Journalism. Come alomg and have some fun winding up TV executives and producers - the people who propagate the ideas that form the superstructural dictatorship of opinion.
ring us on 07775964367 for more info
www.borderland.co.uk
the doc fest details are at www.sidf.co.uk
la lotta continua
ring us on 07775964367 for more info
www.borderland.co.uk
the doc fest details are at www.sidf.co.uk
la lotta continua
billy tomes
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billytomes@yahoo.co.uk
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hooray for indymedia
21.10.2005 10:26
But is it really independant and is it answerable to any of us:
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Lost (censored) posts - the truth?
21.10.2005 08:36
present GP voter - you will see at the bottom of the "Art of War - Katrina" thread a post from feeler, similar to the one above. feeler, presumably Oxford feeler, put up a separate thread on the topic, innocuous in my view (and the view of others who posted support) which was then removed. (S)he then posted several times more, all of which have been removed and are not even in the archives.
This is Indymedia at its worst - no accountability or real justification for decisions to remove posts. In the past "they" in control of IM have removed posts saying they contravene Editorial Guidelines, but never saying which guidelines they contravene.
I have been tracking IM for over 18 mths, and in general it gives a good "alternative" service to mainstream media, sparking many interesting comments.
However, the people running IM lose credibility by not being open over the censoring process that routinely happens. We occasionally see people protest on IM about lost threads/posts (G8 was the last time I remember seeing, fleetingly, complaints), but have no way of knowing really how many are being removed, or for what reasons.
It will be really interesting to see how long this post (or thread) stays up for. IM editors, I'm starting the watch now - I invite you to respond positively this time, not just remove and hide.
Radjel
cambridge friend
Pay up or else.
25.10.2005 03:10
Don