[IMC-US] Re: fallujah

[max]

this is not US news!!?!?
The US is bombing fallujah; I would consider that relevant to people living in
the US.  is the war on Iraq not US news?  I really don't understand this.

also, for the record, some folks from global indy wrote back to me after I
proposed the arafat article to global, and said it would be more appropriate on
us.indy, so I think we need to figure some stuff out here.

max


Quoting deva <drdartist at riseup.net>:

> I would say that us-imc should cover us news
>
> Now since the us has its nose and its fist spread all across the world,
> all news is in a way us news, but I think us-imc should be very careful
> about harming global imc
>
> I am torn, because Fallujah is important news to get out to United
> Statesians, but if us-imc starts featuring the important news to get
> out to people, it becomes another kind of global features site. I
> prefer the idea of syndicating the global features in some manner
>
> deva
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2004, at 9:03 AM, max wrote:
>
> > well I think this will be an ongoing discussion..what to feature on
> > us.indy,
> > what to leave for other IMCs.
> >
> > we should definitely get something up on what's going on in fallujah
> >
> > http://www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq5e_20041105.htm
> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/
> > 2002082787_fallujah05.html
> > http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/14525909
> > http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=11799
> >
> > etc. but I couldn't find any independent coverage/analysis at all.
> > anyone
> > know of anything already written up?
> >
> > max
> >
> >
> > Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
> >
> >> i am also against having this a feature of us imc.  i think its place
> >> on
> >> us imc would be in the syndicated feature wire should indybay feature
> >> it
> >> on their local page.
> >>
> >> this is a global story.  it belongs on the global page, i almost think
> >> it
> >> would be good to highlight somewhere on the site other indy sites like
> >> us
> >> imc.  there is global, of course, and there is also oceania
> >> syndication
> >> site.
> >>
> >> also, i am very concerned about the crossposting on indy sites, and i
> >> especially worry about the relationship that us.indy will have with
> >> indymedia.org
> >>
> >> i dont know how many of you are familiar with the global process and
> >> such,
> >> but global imc working group is a very small group of people that take
> >> original submissions or compile features themselves and post them as
> >> features.
> >>
> >> i think the actual number of people that actively participate in
> >> global
> >> features right now is 4 or 6.  And quite a few of the people on this
> >> list
> >> and actively doing work on this site are people that used to be
> >> involved
> >> with global features.  So the energy and momentum is switching, as it
> >> should.
> >>
> >> I kind of lost my track of thought, so I am going to stop rambling.
> >> But,
> >> I think my main point was that we should create a symbiotic
> >> relationship
> >> with other indy sites, especially global.
> >> bht
> >>
> >> ahhh! Chris Anderson
> >>>> And we don't have to mention the US connection in
> >>>> every story either.  If we did it would
> >>>> sound like the RCP having to mention Bob Avakian in
> >>>> every story, speech, etc.  The
> >>>> cumulative coverage of the site will make the US
> >>>> connection clear.
> >>>
> >>> I disagree with the above statement in general, but am
> >>> not opposed to this feature specifically. That said, I
> >>> dont see why we shouldn't mention the impact Arafat's
> >>> death will have on the US.  There's a way to do it so
> >>> we dont "sound like bob avakian."
> >>>
> >>> chris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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