Why I am saying goodbye to the newswire.
Long time poster | 31.05.2012 10:12 | Analysis | Indymedia
Earlier today a comment was made to a post, that comment said,
""a brief scan indicates a lot of conspiracy theory nonsense mingled with a few half-truths and some complete bullshit. "
Regretfully that applies to a large amount of what is now posted here. Gone are the days when this was an actual source of 'news'.
""a brief scan indicates a lot of conspiracy theory nonsense mingled with a few half-truths and some complete bullshit. "
Regretfully that applies to a large amount of what is now posted here. Gone are the days when this was an actual source of 'news'.
Look at the threads this month, the usual Israel obsessives, some Bilderburger rant, a sprinkling of 'why I hate America' posts and some borderline David Ike nonsense. At the same time three posts I put up covering the uprisings in Bahrain and Syria were hidden. These were researched, contained photographs from local people taken at some personal risk and were an accurate representation of the situation on the ground.
They were hidden.
No explanation, no notification to the Moderation lists and no response to my emails asking why there were removed. They even went from the 'View All Posts' pages.
This has been the last straw and the comment from a friend at an action in London last week only confirmed my view,
"Obsessed with Israel, they don't care about anywhere else in the Middle East"
With so many other media choices right now I am not surprised people are going elsewhere. I will join them
Goodbye everyone, see you on the streets
They were hidden.
No explanation, no notification to the Moderation lists and no response to my emails asking why there were removed. They even went from the 'View All Posts' pages.
This has been the last straw and the comment from a friend at an action in London last week only confirmed my view,
"Obsessed with Israel, they don't care about anywhere else in the Middle East"
With so many other media choices right now I am not surprised people are going elsewhere. I will join them
Goodbye everyone, see you on the streets
Long time poster
