[Peace-discuss] My interactions with the N-G

Sat Nov 29 00:17:41 EST 2014

It is a take on 25 Henry viii c6.

I'll blame BBC News for the
abhomynable influence.

I do need to upgrade the impactfullness of my prose
so that I can be more impactive in impactationization,
virtualize our collective synergy and monetize our assets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

On 11/29/2014 11:37 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> Source? Maybe "coquetry"?
>
> (And you shouldn't be allowed to get away with "impactful"...)
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:43 PM, E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss 
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net 
> <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>
>> It's a clear case of
>> "the detestable and abhomynable vice of /*corkery*//*
>> */ comyttid with mankynde".
>>
>> The mainstream media seem to be "comyttid" to
>> this sort of thing and the NG is no exception in
>> corkering the public.
>>
>> There is a continuing need for alternative media.
>> A successful alternative newspaper needs to have stuff like ads and 
>> wantads
>> and coupons and public announcements and other public
>> services.  Also at least some of the articles need to
>> have resonance with ideas and memes already present
>> in the public otherwise your words will just go into the air.
>>
>> If it is too much like reading the phonebook it wont have much effect.
>>
>> Likewise a website has to have traffic to be impactful.
>>
>>
>> On 11/29/2014 02:29 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>> As many of you undoubtedly know, I've published many letters over 
>>> the years in the N-G, and over the last 5 years or so, quite a few 
>>> Sunday guest commentaries from an overtly leftist and radical 
>>> perspective. I've always felt that it is important to reach a 
>>> broader audience in any way available. I took it as a sign of some 
>>> minimal sense of fairness on the part of the N-G editors (mostly the 
>>> retired John Beck, I think) to allow me that space (or, from another 
>>> perspective, allow me to work for free).
>>>
>>> Last summer I submitted a piece related to both Gaza and Jewish 
>>> dissidence regarding Israel. Dan Corkery, the managing 
>>> editor, rejected it with the excuse that he had already published 
>>> one article from a critical perspective, and that there were no 
>>> others from a pro-Israel perspective that had been submitted to 
>>> provide "balance." I wrote to him that I was "disgusted by his 
>>> behavior." That provided him with an excuse to no longer publish my 
>>> submissions. I may have shot myself in the foot; so be it. 
>>> Nevertheless it would appear, whatever Corkery's benign persona as 
>>> managing editor, that he has really limited the space for 
>>> alternative perspectives since he took over; his choices are heavily 
>>> weighted toward the trivial and the banal, as well as the overtly 
>>> right wing. I suspect that he was looking for an excuse, and I gave 
>>> him one.
>>>
>>> This may sound self serving, but it's just as well for me to move on 
>>> from that particular approach (among many), although they will 
>>> continue to accept my letters. I'm sure that there are many in the 
>>> activist community who have always wanted nothing to do with the 
>>> N-G, and that's understandable. But certainly this morning's 
>>> editorial in full-blown justification of the murder of Michael Brown 
>>> achieves a new low, if that is possible, and has prompted me to send 
>>> this message to these lists.
>>>
>>> In any event and for whatever it's worth, what is pasted below is a 
>>> message I sent to Dan Corkery a few days ago, subsequent to an 
>>> initial apologetic e-mail and his acceptance of my apology while 
>>> affirming that my commentaries would no longer be welcome. I don't 
>>> pretend that this is anything that most readers of these lists don't 
>>> already know; nevertheless, thank you for indulging me:
>>>
>>> Dan;
>>>
>>> I appreciate your response and your acceptance of my apology. My 2 
>>> cents at this point, in the spirit of honesty and truth as I see it, 
>>> whether regarding you personally or the editors collectively, is 
>>> that a significant segment of our community is utterly and blatantly 
>>> dis-respected and dismissed by the News-Gazette, and is well aware 
>>> of that. Similarly, the News-Gazette has earned the routine and 
>>> dismissive contempt of those of us who sincerely and actively wish 
>>> to make the world a better place in ways that the N-G editors do not 
>>> approve of. It is viewed by hundreds and perhaps thousands of 
>>> community members, frankly, with utter contempt and worse. My 
>>> efforts have always been to bridge that gap and to act in good faith 
>>> and respect--but these efforts were ultimately doomed to fail in a 
>>> context that is "fair and balanced" between truth and lies. The 
>>> racist and prejudicial currents that predominate at the N-G simply 
>>> run too deep and are too reflexive, whether regarding minorities, 
>>> the poor, Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, or demonized nations like 
>>> Iran and North Korea--not to mention state government employees, 
>>> union members, and school teachers. Hate is by no means too strong a 
>>> word to describe your newspaper's modus operandi, especially 
>>> regarding Palestinians, a sincere interest of mine. And the U of I 
>>> boosterism regarding administration, sports, etc. only adds to the 
>>> perception and reality of that lack of objectivity. Whatever the 
>>> sincerity or professionalism of your own contribution, in my honest 
>>> view you have no reason to believe that the News-Gazette contributes 
>>> in any serious way toward making our community, state, and world a 
>>> better and more informed place. Indeed, it is a source of an 
>>> enormous amount of pernicious dis-information, on a regular and 
>>> systematic basis. In an educated and progressive community with 
>>> enormous potential, that is a real shame, and a real missed 
>>> opportunity. Whatever dis-respect I may have shown to you merely 
>>> reflects this ongoing context.
>>>
>>> David Green
>>>
>>>
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