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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
IndyMedia still has an agenda. The "Publish" part of IndyMedia only functions as a glorified bulletin board for their "newswire" forum and as they say, "when someone abuses our trust, and posts a story that is way outside what the website is set up to do, we may remove it". I know of several instances where legit posts were published and removed because it contradicted Indymedia's stance.
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Yeah, and for every one of those instances, there are 60 posts that read as "FUCK YOU11 COMMIE FUCKERS!!1!! DIE, FUCKIN, DIE!!" on the website. There is dire need for censorship and mediated discretion on that page, hate to say it. It certainly
isn't a reliable news outlet, but that posting section isn't the crux of the page (although many would like to pretend it is).
So what if they have an agenda? Their agenda is to create a grassroots news outlet that isn' corporate owned. They certainly have a political agenda, bt so does every other news outlet to one degree or another.
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The IPPN recieves funding through connections to the Alliance for Democracy, a socialist group, and that would mean money has probably filtered in through the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Wait, wait, wait...can you substantiate this at all, or are you just saying this...? AFD was a group founded by Ronnie Dugger, a guy who considers himself more of a populist than a Socialist. They model themselves as an "organic" organization based upon the populist movements that came out of the anti-monopoly movement in the later 19th Century. Sure, they argue for equity and such, but so does the Democratic Party at times. What verified links can you make between them and the DSA, and even if they are affiliated, what exactly would that prove?
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Dan Merkle has been outspoken in supporting ANSWER, despite recent criticisms, and pledged to continue supporting their rallies, because as he puts it, anyone in their position, with their success, is likely to have some dirt on them.
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Again, you glossed over this, but they ARE in fact an umbrella organization. Merkle is right, although his unyielding support for them is not.