Maybe because not everything that Metro Justice does is news? This just demonstrates the arrogance of certian Rochester activists that think that the media has to cover EVERYTHING they do.

As well as proof that Rochester Indymedia has almost no journalistic standards and simply covers what their friends do with little to no objectivity.

How someone could take this issue as a cry for attention from local activists just blows my mind.

You've missed the point of this article and of independent media entirely. Go watch a TV.

Andrew, do you seriously believe that the poor Iraq war coverage is because of Rochester activists? I didn't read anywhere here about the D and C not covering these actions, (in fact, the D and C have covered other Declaration of Peace actions), it was a statement that there hasn't been honest coverage of the war.

If you have a problem with the coverage Indymedia does, then write an article. If you write one that is honest and not strictly about yourself then maybe it will be a feature. You could even email rochester indymedia and ASK them to feature something.

Briana

Spamdrew, how do you find time to troll? Maybe you could save time by keeping one comment you write and then cutting and pasting it every time, cause all your comments are the same irrespective of the subject of the article.

You know, apparently Rochester Indymedia has barred me from doing articles and I have asked for articles on newsworthy topics avoided by the local news. I am always honest. Name one time where I deliberately posted a lie or was dishonest. Go ahead. You people seem to think that I'm dishonest, so I'd like to show me where I have EVER lied on the RI page.

Except for the one time when I opened up the fundraising anti-war store front and told the D&C reporter Denise Marie Santiago that I was flat broke when I was really sitting on over a quarter million dollars that I couldn't even find a use for. Oh wait... that wasn't me. Now that's a boldfaced lie.

I mean... the Winter Soldier project itself could be a news event. But how could "local activists complain about not getting media coverage" be a story? Seriously!

I think Rochester Indymedia should simply cut and
paste every story, because they're almost always the same. "Rochester Indymedia's friends annoy people in authority over the war in a meaningless, petty and self-serving fashion while refusing to
cover other activist stories."

How have you been barred from writing articles? You have articles posted.

You don't "ask" for things, you request them, as though someone owes you the service of writing an article that you deem interesting and newsworthy. Unfortunately, I, nor anyone else in Indymedia, OWES you stories being written about yourself. You can write them, and if you write them compellingly in a way that is understandable and doesn't seem to just be looking at yourself as the victim, your article will probably be featured. All of your articles are published wherever you choose them to be published, regularly under 'local'. I don't know you, but you seem to have a serious entitlement issue when it comes to Indymedia.

Here's the simple story of how Indymedia works: All articles get put in the category people request them to go in. If they are spam they may get deleted. If they are extremely offensive they may get hidden. If they are written well or are features discussed by the R-IMC editorial board, they'll be featured. I've never seen you, before you moved, at an R-IMC editorial board meeting, so you'd have to be writing something articulately for it to be featured. What you are talking about IS interesting, but how you are saying it seems completely self serving. Obviously it's close to your heart, because you feel personally threatened. Nonetheless, if you mentioned yourself culpable in any way I would have a much easier time believing the story, right now, and seemingly always on R-IMC you are painting yourself the victim. Why don't you find a new role to play, since you aren't entitled to things from RIMC editorial board members, (I am particularly talking about myself here since you talked to me as though ti were my job to do your bidding previously).

I venture that a lie you've said is in a comment directly below this where you state someone in r-imc said they wouldn't stand up for you because they aren't a crazy faggot. That would seemingly be a lie, because I imagine no one has said that.

It's impossible to write comments the way you do, and come off as something other than self serving. I can agree with you that currently R-IMC does come off as somewhat self-serving, becuase our range of story coverage is not as large as it should or could be. We have a lot of things to work on, and not enough energy to get everything done. Do we always pick the best things to cover? No. But sometimes we pick the easiest. And sometimes the harder stories are so complicated it's difficult to figure out what to say. Sometimes important issues happenign within other areas of activism are so difficult to figure out becuase the people presenting them seem to be painting themselves perfect when they clearly aren't. At least be honest.

That was written by me. I signed out and can't figure out how to sign back in.

Thank goodness one of the things a hard-working R-IMC editorial board member is doing is making a new code-base for any Indymedia to use, as well as creating a new website for Rochester Indymedia.

Wow. I've never met you in person, but you are unbelievable. I regularly admit to my faults and am 100% honest. I made many mistakes as director of FHF (people make mistakes all the time), but I was also doing incredible amount of work for free with very little assistance. I allude to making mistakes on the webpage and discuss some of the allegations made against me in great detail in the first SPLC article. The reporter also published outlandish allegations made against me, so it WASN'T a one sided article. Not by a long shot.

I sent around to a lot of people a board resolutions where the lady I accuse made up to transfer company property TO HERSELF! Why can't you people acknowledge that maybe, just maybe I could be right.

As I said in my below post, the Southern Poverty Law Center is a VERY professional organization that is very worried about being sued for slander/defamation by hate groups and go through extensive investigation to make sure the allegations are true before they publish.

You guys are AGAINST the same grassroots activists that you're supposed to be dedicated to helping. Seriously.

nicely put Briana