Dubious editorial practices
concerned | 19.09.2007 07:27
Yesterday a post was made to the newswire with strong racist overtones. Incredibly it was promoted, a number of contributors made clear their objections to this post, their comments were all hidden !
One of the contributors was able to identify who the individual Admin that promoted this racist post. That very same admin then using his priveliged position as a password holder went into the post and edited it to remove his name. A clear breach of the rules for anybody involved with Indymedia.
This raises important questions about:
1) why a racist post was not hidden ?
2) why a racist post which was spammed across the entire IMC network worldwide was promoted ?
3) why the contibutor of the post, a known Holocaust denier who is banned from numerous IMC sites is still allowed to post on IMC UK ?
4) why an admin having been caught red handed promoting racism was allowed to remove evidence of his actions ?
5) why the contributions which showed the racist nature of the original post where all hidden ?
The Admin in question is "*" also known as "*" and *, a person who views on Jews are well known within the IMC collective but despite this is still given Admin rights.
One of the contributors was able to identify who the individual Admin that promoted this racist post. That very same admin then using his priveliged position as a password holder went into the post and edited it to remove his name. A clear breach of the rules for anybody involved with Indymedia.
This raises important questions about:
1) why a racist post was not hidden ?
2) why a racist post which was spammed across the entire IMC network worldwide was promoted ?
3) why the contibutor of the post, a known Holocaust denier who is banned from numerous IMC sites is still allowed to post on IMC UK ?
4) why an admin having been caught red handed promoting racism was allowed to remove evidence of his actions ?
5) why the contributions which showed the racist nature of the original post where all hidden ?
The Admin in question is "*" also known as "*" and *, a person who views on Jews are well known within the IMC collective but despite this is still given Admin rights.
concerned