TO pays at least one of its contributing writers, he told me a month ago. I have not been paid for any of my TO pieces. But then, I have not asked for payment, either, proving yet again that the closed mouth does not get fed. :-(
Seth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t r u t h o u t From: Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:37:42 -0800 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thank you very much! On 1/25/07, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 09:40 AM 1/25/2007, you wrote:
anybody on pen-l know any inside dirt on "t r u t h o u t"? what's their angle? -- Jim Devine / "Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous." -- Voltaire.
http://www.counterpunch.org/levitch0514.html May 14, 2002 Leaving the Truth Out? Alternative Online Publication Reiterates the Big Lie About Palestine by Jacob Levich Truthout, an online newsletter and website boasting 250,000 subscribers, wants to outflank the distortions of mainstream media by disseminating news of interest to left-liberals. But its commitment to truth-telling seemingly stops short when it comes to Palestine. On May 7, the Truthout newsletter linked to an Associated Press story about the Rishon Letzion suicide bombing. The AP report correctly refrained from identifying a perpetrator. (The party responsible is still unknown, although Hamas looks like the most likely culprit and the PA has since arrested 15 Hamas members in response.) But Truthout flagged the story with a headline spun out of thin air: "Palestinian Authority Strikes Killing 15 Israelis." Worse was soon to come. Truthout (http://www.truthout.org) is, or at any rate purports to be, one of the hip new breed of independent news sources providing alternatives to the biases of corporate media. (Of these, the Indymedia operation is probably the most celebrated; the libertarian Antiwar.com is possibly the most useful.) Truthout's editor, Marc Ash, claims the publication has no organizational affiliations and is entirely reader-supported -- though five staffers, and the server power necessary to support a quarter-million users, don't come cheap. Given its incessant showcasing of Beltway Democrats -- even career hacks like Daschle and Gephardt get flattering headlines whenever they say anything remotely progressive -- I've sometimes wondered whether it's actually a James Carville-style undercover operation, aimed at cajoling Naderites back into the Democratic fold.... -- Jim Devine / "Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous." -- Voltaire. _________________________________________________________________ Get Hilary Duffs homepage with her photos, music, and more. http://celebrities.live.com&ocid=T001MSN30A0701
