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Who decides on what gets promoted to the promoted newswire?

durruti02 | 31.08.2009 10:37 | Indymedia | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements

the promoted newsire is excluding important news .. see below .. many people choose to have the promoted newswire as default as there is so much crap on the open newswire but they are missing out importent news

who and why is making these decisions? IMCistas IF you want IndyUK to represent ALL UK activism instead of what you determine it to be you are getting it wrong

Promoted newswire today 27th-31st August 2009, all of it .. i have not edited this at all and it gives us 2 Palestines ( why on a UK promoted newswire?) and 2 Zippos!! .. is this the right promotions??

This Week in Palestine -Week 35 2009
28-08-2009 15:25 | 1 comment
The Amey case: Burn your bridges, save your dignity
28-08-2009 08:56
Rose-Jane & Natale Must stay!
28-08-2009 07:12
More protest for Zippos Circus
27-08-2009 19:46 | 4 comments
cruise ISSSS selling real fur
27-08-2009 14:42 | 3 comments
Palestine Today 082709
27-08-2009 14:00
Lammas Ecovillage, Wales gets Planning Approval (finally!)
27-08-2009 11:48 | 13 comments
Crisis = Cuts! Strike at Tower Hamlets College now
27-08-2009 10:52
Opening night protest at Zippos Circus
27-08-2009 00:04 | 3 comments

ok lets see whats missing from the promoted newswire and only available on the open newswire .. just a few examples ( and yes there is also a lot of crap that rightly gets filtered out )

Workers' Fightback 16: Council pool occupied in Somerset, Postie Wildcats, China
30-08-2009 22:34 ( these do not seem ever to get promoted )

Bristol Co-Mutiny - What's Happening!
30-08-2009 09:46

Bristol anarchist bookfair - programme now online
29-08-2009 23:22

New Labour, the market state, and the end of welfare
29-08-2009 21:00 | 3 comments

"Anti-fascism isn't working" - spot on article in Red Pepper
28-08-2009 12:15 | 8 comments




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you decide

31.08.2009 11:06

the answer to such criticism must always be to not rely on other to promote what you want to promote. They are all volunteers.. you could be a volunteer too

so instead of griping about the media-be the media

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Who decides on what gets promoted to the promoted newswire?

31.08.2009 12:53

The unelected, non accountable clique that decides all IMC policy. And don't even think of trying to join them, you will not be welcomed as a number of poeple found out in the Spring of this year.

Well duh !

Easy

31.08.2009 12:58

Slag off some Jews that works most of the time.

Froggy

Short guide

31.08.2009 13:06

In someway link whatever you are writing about to one of the following

George Bush
Israel
Climate Camp
Mossad
The police

Info giver

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blood libels are good

31.08.2009 16:50

Any time you can find a way to accuse an Israeli of eating a Palestinian or killing one in order to sell his body parts, or some other old anti-Semitic meme, Indymedia UK will find a way to look in the other direction. Anti-Semitism on Indymedia UK isn't bad, as long as you're hating the right Jews, know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge, know what I mean.

don't forget

Criteria for determining what is promoted:-

31.08.2009 17:04

The types of articles which are promoted are described in the editorial guidelines. Here is the editorial guidelines page which is linked at the top of the homepage:-

 https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/static/editorial.html


Here is what it says:-

Articles may be promoted for the following reasons:

The promoted newswire is to show the best of the newswire. Moderators will promote any good posts. The guidelines below cover common practice, but are neither mandatory or comprehensive.

In general, posts meeting the following guidelines will be promoted:

* original, first hand reports on actions and other events
* good, original analysis

In general, the following types of posts will not be promoted:

* re-posts from other sources (blogs etc)
* announcements of events (unless with significant background/news content)


So, there you have it. Right, now I am off to hide this post as it is not news ;)

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