[Peace] Re: Picture and IMC issues

[Alfred Kagan]

Regarding the first point, I yield to Danielle's better judgement of 
the needs of the media.

At 9:49 AM -0500 8/2/02, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>1) Let me state strongly that we need to not create barriers to the media
>giving us coverage.  Give WILL an AWARE picture!  Don't say "we have to
>see the picture first" say "yes, here is a picture you can use"  In
>response to Peter's e-mail, if we sit suspicious of all media then we are
>relegated to obscurity.  I want anti-war coverage, not purity!
>
>2) I do NOT advise AWARE becoming a working member of the IMC.  The IMC is
>organization dedicated to media production.  The IMC should have the
>freedom to be a "watchdog" of AWARE and any other organization be it
>conservative centrist or radical.  The IMC recently made a big mistake by
>allowing itself to become an arm of the Free Ahmed movement.  When Ahmed
>tells his supporters to call it off, he should not be able to tell the IMC
>which is committed to telling truths, to stay silent.  Please continue
>meeting at the IMC, AWARE and the IMC are friendly organizations, but they
>should remain separate.
>
>
>Danielle
>
>On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Alfred Kagan wrote:
>
>>  I don't think we can answer this question until we see it.
>>
>>  At 12:32 PM -0500 7/30/02, Peter Miller wrote:
>>  >Hi, all-
>>  >
>>  >I haven't disappeared, I've just had a lot of schedule conflicts.
>>  >It sounds like the Sep. 11 plans are coming along wonderfully!
>>  >
>>  >A question:  WILL is producing a piece for a radio series about Sep.
>>  >11, and they've interviewed me and others (on this list, I'm
>>  >guessing) regarding anti-war activities.  The piece will be
>>  >broadcast nationally and posted to a website, modestly named
>>  >"understandingamerica.org".  The producer, Jim Meadows, called to
>>  >ask if he can use a photo from the AWARE website on the
>>  >'understanding' site, and I couldn't think of any reason to object
>>  >except perhaps that the website will be used to advertise for some
>>  >of our corporate rulers.  He's checking to see who's funding the
>>  >series.
>>  >
>>  >Any time we're used in the news, we (hopefully) get our message out
>>  >but we're being used to sell things.  This situation doesn't seem
>>  >any different, so I don't think we should object to using our
>>  >pictures with the story.
>>  >
>>  >Does anyone think we should prevent the "understandingamerica.org"
>>  >website from using AWARE pictures?
>>  >
>>  >Thanks,
>>  >Peter
>>  >
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