[Peace-discuss] DI editorial board votes against democracy

[Robert Naiman]

Indeed. "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked
about" and "there's no such thing as bad publicity."

The same logic suggests that we ought to respond.

*opinions at dailyillini.com*


On 4/18/06, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> > As a member of AWARE......and very pleased that come November I will
> > be able to vote on a township advisory ballot to bring the troops home
> > and impeach Bush/Cheney......I could care less what the DI prints or
> > thinks.
> > However, it is always amazing to learn how uninformed and politically
> > unaware some students appear to be in 2006.
> > I can almost imagine a vastly different editorial if there were a
> > military draft or if these students had any personal connection to the
> > concept of peace and justice.
> > The government, media, churches, schools and apparently universities
> > are failing this generation!
> > But I guess in reality the editors of the DI are just putting forth
> > the message the governemnt, media.........etc. have sold them
> > on....fall in line and only challenge those who question..........The
> > DI seems a perfect trailing ground for future corporate media
> > "Journalists".......Are there any Amy Goodman's at the DI?
> > Student News Papers sure have fallen into decline ....... much like
> > newspapers everywhere......
> > The favorable thing about such an editorial in the DI is the space
> > they gave themselves to bring attention to their version of what
> > happened on April 11.............Must be a number of young republicans
> > on the DI editorial staff?????? Were any of them actually at the
> > meeting they write about? It hardly appears that they were there.
>
> >  I Guess AWARE can count this as free publicity to inform the bored DI
> > readers that come November they too will have a say about what's being
> > done in our name and with our tax dollars even if the DI editors and
> > some city council members opposes our opportunity to do so.
> > JAN K
> > On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Wendy Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> OK, reality check.  This is the same paper that thought that
> >> publishing
> >> the cartoons about Muslims was a good idea.  It also runs regular
> >> columns
> >> by Bambi.  People I know only read it when they're sitting in a really
> >> boring class.  Why do people in AWARE even care what the DI editorial
> >> staff thinks?
> >>
> >> Wendy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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