Kesher Talk

Darn - put away the champagne. I spoke too soon. There is some confusion over whether Google News is still taking feeds from Indymedia. At this point we need to find out how long search results stay in the Google News cache, note if Indymedia stories continue to show up in their search results past that point, and write a polite but firm letter if they do. Unfortunately, this issue is only going to get resolved in favor of legitimate news if we keep tabs on Google News for awhile and re-apply pressure when needed.

NOTE: Google is the search engine site which tries to index everything on the web. No one is advocating Indymedia be screened from Google. Google News, on the other hand, is a search engine for recent news stories and takes feeds from legitimate news media. Indymedia is not a news site - it's more of a weblog which posts news stories and hosts comment threads, like the Command Post. Commenters tend to be rabid antisemites who frequently use words like "Zionazi" and claim they are "only anti-Zionist, not antisemitic," and comments with rebuttals to their conspiracy-mongering are often removed.

posted by Judith @ 5/16/2003 04:26:09 PM