🚀 go-pugleaf

Face it.  You are a racist, not a progressive.  Policies, programs and
agendas that differentiate based on race or culture rather than merit are
regressive, not progressive.  The "free press" is only as free as the ideals
of the editors and readers.  When Thomas Jefferson [founder of the
democratic party] didn't like what was in the press, he bought his own
newspaper and printed what he wanted the media to say.  If people didn't buy
what he said, they could get another paper and he would be losing money.
But they bought what he said, as it had merit and was put forth
innovatively.  Your former editors didn't believe that you were furthering
their business venture or the attitudes and ideals of their readership, so
you were axed.  If you don't like it, you can always come up with your own
media business.  With the internet, you can get a cheap and easy start.  If
your ideas hold enough merit and are presented innovatively, you will
succeed.  That is the American Way...

In the words of Jimi Hendrix:

"...who in your measly little world are you, trying to prove that you're
made out of gold, yet you can't be sold?"

"ComeInPeace" <Jimmy_Ray@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5b699bbc.0304252130.544d3d17@posting.google.com...
> Julio Noboa, San Antonio Express-News, 4/6/03
> http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=1160&xlc=974385
>
> During my nine years as a columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, I
> have covered a wide variety of topics related to issues of justice, peace
> and equity, especially as they impact people of color here and abroad. My
> column, I've been recently informed, has been discontinued.
>
> It was just over a year ago that a heated controversy erupted over my
> columns, mostly those critical of U.S. and Israeli policy toward
> Palestinians. A prominent rabbi accused me of anti-semitism and disparaged
> my writings in a sermon, demanding I be terminated for, among other
> reasons, suggesting that certain constituencies have more media power than
> others in our nation.
>
> At that time, the Express-News to their credit, refused to terminate my
> column, citing not only freedom of the press, but also explaining that to
> do so would prove that constituency does indeed have more media power.
>
> Now, as a response to my last two articles, "Jenin survivors ending the
> silence" (March 1); and "Israel gets billions while Americans tighten
> belts" (March 15), the editors confronted me with the charge that I relied
> too heavily on one source.
>
> That, according to them, is grounds for terminating my column. It's
> important to note that there were few or no questions regarding the truth
> or the facts as I presented them, nor about the credibility of the source
> itself. Neither were there any charges of plagiarism.
>
> In response I submitted copies to the editors of the various sources I had
> consulted for both articles, including the Christian Science Monitor, the
> Washington Times, Human Rights Watch, the U.N. Report on Jenin, as well as
> The Independent, a respected British newspaper.