Didn't know who they were so I looked them up on wikipedia... The people who protest funerals of gay people...
Sounds like a promising interview, good luck, but be careful, as I would be very surprised if they did not try to turn it into a "platform to spew a personal agenda" as you put it. -bawolff On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a heads up to everybody, my interview with Westboro Baptist was > confirmed today - so I'll be doing a Wikinews interview with them. I want to > keep it non-partisan and try to give them a chance to display themselves as > they see themselves, not just repeat the tired mantras of "omg evil > Christian hatemongers" in the media - without giving them a platform to spew > a personal agenda. I've got a rough list of questions I want to cover, > mostly dealing with how they see/accept/ignore the rampant criticism of > their church - and whether they believe that such protests are legitimate, > or could be legitimate if approached a different way, or just all criticism > of their church is evil and ignorant. > I'd welcome ideas for questions in the next 2-3 days from anybody interested > in helping determine the shape of this interview. Also, I know the church > relinquishes copyright on most of their own images - but if you know a > strong, powerful image of the group (from any perspective), I'd love to see > it - even if copyrighted, to see if I can't convince the photographer to > release rights so we can use it. > Sherurcij. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
