Re:Maurice/Fatguys Angst-o-the day thread
[quote=”thefrey”]Apparently a good global citizen is required to offer bogus media accreditation to people who just happen to have some minor writing skills and an active email address? : ) Get a clue.
You need something more than a poorly laid out web page to be able to give out accreditations. Now, should you wish to spend several years gathering writers, who do insightful pieces that are held to the highest standards of journalism that would be a start. Then you could gather a following that includes some real journalist leaders, and only then would you may be in a position to join an accredited writing group and offer media accreditation to your contributors. Right now? You are just a fruit loop with a printer and your accreditation is not worth the paper it is printed on.[/quote]
I had to sleep on this reply before making it but since a senior member of Sadgeezer.com has opened this issue…..I demand equal time:
A “global citizen” does not need any accreditation to be a journalist – it is their right as a citizen (and certainly not from the government) as laid out in the [url=http://fortressoffreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=202]American Bill Of Rights.[/url] We do not verify any person as a journalist, they have to post a story for broadcast to meet the definition (you don’t need an active e-mail address to post or register at my site, you can do it all on the forums…..for those in oppressed areas where e-mail addresses are traceable).
I don’t know what “poorly laid out web pages” have to do with accreditations, but the [url=http://fortressoffreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=176]web pages[/url] are simple so as to load on any computer from 386 up the the most advanced wireless handheld or phone with internet capability. Load times are under one second for all critical pages so it is functional under problematic dial-up in third world nations.
I may be a “fruitloop”…..but I do not have a printer….. 😆 and the accreditations are not on paper but on the [url=http://fortressoffreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=220]web[/url] – here is mine: [url=http://iaij.com/8459537]Fatguy’s credential verification.[/url] The site is a serious one though…..and I have a contingency plan to extract any member who “legitimately” faces harm because we verified him as a journalist on our international database, under Canada’s refugee policy (the database and correspondence being used to validate that person’s claim as a legitimate refugee). I should tell you that the Canadian Government showed some interest in this idea and wanted me to incorporate under “not-for-profit” so I could apply for a government grant…..but, the site must remain in private hands as our philosophy demands it. Fortressoffreedom.com and IAIJ.com are [url=http://fortressoffreedom.com/IAIJMessage]altruistic projects[/url] run by a very small number of people who are committed to the ideals for free speech and free thought. I am proud to be associated with these groups and thus respectfully disagree with your opinion of the websites and their projects.
Maurice Ali – A man who signs his statements with his real name.