It would be more helpful to talk about the specific controversy converning santa cruz indymedia exclusion and censorship (as it related to this site). Not simply to denounce it, but to propose alternatives that might be helpful and to suggest support for those alternatives.

Of course, while it's true that one alternative to selective or censored news is more news and establishing more sites, remember A.J. Liebling's classic comment: "There's freedom in the press in America--freedom for anyone who owns one."

The local history of particular controversies here in Santa Cruz is important to having a clear idea of just what santa cruz indymedia regards as its boundaries, what its procedures are, how open its process really is, and what help can be offered to improve the situation.

I both praise and denounce indymedia on my radio show.