bombs in dustbins are not the hallmark of islamic jihadists.
im betting on some kind of right wing militia group or individual.

No-one knows what the situation is with the Boston atrocities yet, but, biased as media reporting of such atrocities is, it 's important to remember they're still atrocities (and no thanks for the repulsive picture btw - we already know what violence looks like).

Speaking of "lazy, innacurate and badly written" reports however, this piece says "in Iraq... there are no security consultants keen to exploit the atrocity for profit" - in Iraq there are THOUSANDS of security consultants constantly milking the bombings etc for massive profit

Whether it's Nazis, Jihadis or false-flag, in Europe, the USA or Iraq, they're all Fascists

..take down this picture. It is intrusive, unnecesary and traumatic for all of us.

This is a better picture.

It doesn't show any blood or injuries and sterilises the viewers attention span. There is no way to take offence at this picture.

It is completely benign.

I think Indymedia users are politically sophisticated enough to already have pretty a good handle on issues like opposition to war without actually having to see graphic atrocity pictures.

Most of us strongly, in most cases actively, opposed the Gulf Wars without needing to see all the gore. Credit radicals with a bit of intelligence

.....to splash their picture all over the internet like this author has.

plus, they are bitching about iraq or something, about how the western media dont pin up pictures of iraq bombs because of......... "white flesh is more valuable?"

WTF????????????!

Is it actually possible to get more racist?


Just in case you really are that ignorant...........
The reason that the story is plastered all over the western media is because it happened on the homeland. It doesn't matter what colour the victims are, if they were all brown, it would still be plastered all over the media, because it happened on the homeland. Want proof? a load of white soliders get killed in iraq and it aint plastered all over the media to this extent

So quit your racist bullshit trying to stir up racist feelings

Geddit?

"I think Indymedia users are politically sophisticated enough to already have pretty a good handle on issues like opposition to war without actually having to see graphic atrocity pictures. Most of us strongly, in most cases actively, opposed the Gulf Wars without needing to see all the gore. Credit radicals with a bit of intelligence"

I took the picture away and read the sentiment of the words again.

They weren't as strong. In fact, they became completely benign.

If you are who you claim you are, that at least would have been abundantly clear.

"Just in case you really are that ignorant...........The reason that the story is plastered all over the western media is because it happened on the homeland. It doesn't matter what colour the victims are, if they were all brown, it would still be plastered all over the media, because it happened on the homeland. Want proof? a load of white soliders get killed in iraq and it aint plastered all over the media to this extent So quit your racist bullshit trying to stir up racist feelings. Geddit?"

I live in England. America is not our homeland.

I don't need to see it broadcast as though it happened in my own town.

Geddit?

I dont need to constantly see east enders because i dont love in london

My solution is to turn tv off or change channel
I've had to do this for many many years
Im sure you can manage same for a few days without whining about how difficult it is

' Get Out: 'The fact that the British media prioritises US lives over those of other countries particularly the countries where British forces invade and occupy is a valid complaint. Your comment on UK Indymedia that the atrocity in Boston occurred in 'the Homeland' is pretty dumb whichever way you look at it.

" My solution is to turn tv off or change channel 
I've had to do this for many many years 
Im sure you can manage same for a few days without whining about how difficult it is"

I would like to turn my TV off and just ignore but you see I have to pay for it. Im not going to be told to stop using something I have to pay for.

The BBC is wrong...and I am right.

Its coverage of the Boston Bombings was not objective and even worse, was dripping with ethnic centrist bias towards white Americans. The BBC's coverage of news in the US is entirely different from its reporting elsewhere in the world.

This bias should not be funded from the public purse. We should not be forced to pay for what is clearly politically sponsored purification of the news.

maybe you should write a letter to the bbc, or apply for a job there so that you can get involved witht decision making process of how they do the news.

Personally, i think if they didn't show what was going on the US, and just showed what was happening in iraq to great lengths, people would just switch over to Sky News instead......... because no one is interested in what is happening in iraq to any great length.

The BBC gives the people what they want. If they didn't, everyone would switch over to a different service who gave them what they want instead.

And what people dont want, is racism towards white people.


What "You" want is not necessarily what the statistical majority want.
deal with it.

"maybe you should write a letter to the bbc, or apply for a job there so that you can get involved witht decision making process of how they do the news."

I don't need to do that because I pay people to do that. I pay them a couple hundred thousand pounds per year to do that job. Why on earth would I pay them that amount of money only to have to go through the tiresome palava of getting up each morning to go and do their jobs for them? Would you do that? No you wouldn't.

"Personally, i think if they didn't show what was going on the US, and just showed what was happening in iraq to great lengths, people would just switch over to Sky News instead......... because no one is interested in what is happening in iraq to any great length."

Don't willfully misundertand me. I am not saying that it isn't news. I am saying that it isn't important news as far as we here in the UK are concerned. The BBC reported this as one long newsflash over the course of about 22-28 hours. All other news was relegated in favour of this "Breaking News from America". They did this because an American life is clearly more important to the world than, say, the life of an Iraqi. This is how the BBC think. Nobody except the BBC knows why!

"The BBC gives the people what they want. If they didn't, everyone would switch over to a different service who gave them what they want instead."

No. The BBC is more concerned with giving the people what the BBC wants.

"And what people dont want, is racism towards white people."

But that is exactly what the BBC is giving us. A white American is worth more than a black Iraqi. If it weren't true, the BBC wouldn't behave in the way that it has, and this article would never have been published.

"What "You" want is not necessarily what the statistical majority want. deal with it."

But what "I" want is of huge importance to the BBC. Not a day goes by in which they are not asking for "my" view, appealing for free-use of "my" pictures, requesting free use of "my" video for their web pages and news broadcasts, incessantly seeking "my" opinion on the critical topic of the day. Everything they publish demands the addition of "my" view. What "I" believe is the cornerstone of the entire output of the BBC, without it, they have no product.

It is bizaare that you would say that the BBC does not care about little old me, are you a Communist?

I am afraid you need to bone up on reality fella.