[IMC-US] Re: fallujah

[deva]

sounds good to me

cheers
deva


On Nov 5, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Ana Nogueira wrote:

> I also want to be careful about our relationship with global. But 
> global has
> a very particular and I would even say peculiar definition of what news
> should become a feature.
>
>  one of the main reasons I personally wanted a usimc site is because I 
> have
> been disappointed by the LACK of coverage on global about iraq, and
> generally all the us stories with real global ramifications.
>
> I think the us imc is poised to be a lot more hard-hitting and 
> fast-paced.
> And definately global in news scope too. Us bombing fallujah is 
> definitely a
> us news story, and I don’t know why the global site would pick this 
> current
> bombing phase to feature when they have ignored so many in the past.
>
> I think we can accomplish covering all of this if we a) pull more imcs 
> into
> the syndication, and b) promote as many global stories from us sites 
> as we
> do local stories. And write our own feature compilations too that 
> cross both
> lines.
>
> Peace
> ana
>
> On 11/5/04 2:33 PM, "deva" <drdartist at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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