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Skriven 2005-12-17 19:53:56 av SHANNON TALLEY (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Roy Witt
Ärende: Re: FidoNews Story - Rejected!
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Hi Roy,

I was unaware of this.  I wonder how many more people BJ has refused 
articles from that we are unaware of!?!

Shannon


<Roy Witt> wrote in message news:1134866730.334.0@fidotel.com...
> 17 Dec 05 14:36, Bj"rn Felten wrote to Joe Delahaye:
>
>
> JD>> and, the latter according to several
>
> BF>    Several? How many have you seen? I've only seen two claiming that.
>
> BF>    One that thought he could route a file. Even after he was
> BF> rightfully lectured, in public, by Ross for even trying, he kept
> BF> insisting that he *knew* I had received the file.
>
> BF>    The other, a notorious liar with an agenda, started out by
> BF> claiming that one of his users had sent an article (not true of
> BF> course), but strangely enough that user never made such a claim
> BF> himself. Later on this second person seems to be sliding over to
> BF> claiming that he himself has sent an article that has been rejected.
>
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> Msg  : #145 [199]                          Uns
> From : Michael Grant             1:134/11        18 Feb 02  13:15:28
> To   : Bob Short                                 21 Feb 02  15:30:18
> Subj : About time!  ;-)
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> Hello Bob.
>
> 18 Feb 02 00:15, you wrote to me:
>
> MG>> I was hoping my Fidonews article might help with that;
> MG>> unfortunately, the editor saw fit to deny publishing it.
>
> BS> I have to ask just how he responded to your request for submission.
> BS> Did he decline for this issue, or indicate that it wouldn't ever be
> BS> considered?  Makes a difference, no?
>
> His refusal made no sense. All he said was this:
>
> "Sorry Michael, but I don't think an article about a single echo is of
> general interest to the Fidonews readers. Your text would be better off in
> the echo you're writing about, that way you'd reach the most readers you
> try to address".
>
> The article was meant to /promote/ the echo, and let others who are not
> connected to it, or are not aware of it, know about it; in particular,
> those from other zones.
>
> My gut feeling told me that he denied it on political grounds, and I told
> him so in an e-mail reply. I was willing to just let it go at that, and
> said nothing publically about it, until he posted a message in the
> FIDONEWS echo where he alluded that the article was denied because it was
> "bashing" of Roy Witt, and he mentioned my responce to his rejection of
> the article.
>
> He's allowed several articles by Luke Kolin, and continues to allow Luke's
> articles, and Luke has been constantly bashing Janis Kracht and others.
> This has put a one-sided political slant on the Fidonews, and I feel it is
> a disgrace for a Fidonews editor to act that way.
>
> Even if he disliked my political commentary, he could have asked me to
> re-write it, and tone it down, and I likely would have. The article still
> would have been of interest to the rest of Fidonet regardless.
>
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> Roy
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