[Lnc-business] Publishing links to candidate articles with some platform deviations
Daniel Hayes
daniel.hayes at lp.org
Tue Mar 27 23:04:03 EDT 2018
I’m for deleting the whole platform and rolling the omissions plank into the end of the SOP. But that’s a little out of the power of the LNC.
Daniel Hayes
LNC At Large Member
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> On Mar 27, 2018, at 9:55 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org> wrote:
>
> This is how we have done it successfully. And the disclaimer can be
> done very politely and professionally that will not embarrass the
> candidate. I would hope that candidates would make that disclaimer
> themselves. Just as an activist I always clearly say when I deviate
> from an LP position or when it is unsettled (most notable example being
> abortion).
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Joshua Katz
> <[1]planning4liberty at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm clearly outnumbered, and it's situation-dependent, but
> as a
> general matter, I think I'd rather not do it than use a
> disclaimer (but
> I favor running things without the disclaimer, and if we can't do
> that,
> then just not running it - and, given our current system, I'm
> happy
> leaving that decision to the APRC and staff). There are probably
> circumstances where I'm fine with the disclaimer, and
> circumstances
> where I'm less fine.
> Joshua A. Katz
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:08 PM, <[1][2]erin.adams at lp.org> wrote:
> I am comfortable with this
> On 2018-03-27 18:55, Elizabeth Van Horn wrote:
> I favor this method. As it allows for highlighting a candidate,
> while
> simultaneously alerting readers that the LP platform differs
> somewhat.
> ---
> Elizabeth Van Horn
> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
> [2][3]http://www.lpcaucus.org/
> On 2018-03-27 15:14, Whitney Bilyeu wrote:
> What if we just ask staff to include in the blog post a
> disclaimer
> of
> sorts with any such link....acknowledging that there may be
> specific
> opinions held by the candidate that are not 100% our own...?
> Whitney
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Wes Benedict
> <[1][3][4]wes.benedict at lp.org>
>
> wrote:
> Dear LNC:
> I'm bringing this to your attention now, because it has not
> been an
> issue for several months, but likely will come up again soon
> given
> that we have lots of candidates and will be writing lots of
> blog
> entries about candidates this year.
> Staff works to publish articles that comply with the LNC
> Bylaws
> and
> Policy Manual. The Advertising Publications and Review
> Committee is
> tasked with ensuring publications comply.
> I'd like to point out that I think Staff and the APRC have
> had
> a
> pretty good working relationship for at least 3 years and
> perhaps
> even longer than that if I think about it. So, this is not
> meant as
> a complaint in general about the APRC, Staff, or the overall
> procedures. Most things are fine in that area, in my opinion.
> I
> just
> want to focus on one issue.
> Nevertheless, it should come as no surprise that various
> members of
> the APRC and various staff don't always agree with each other
> on
> what constitutes a violation.
> A particular area of uncertainty has been articles with
> coverage of
> candidates where the articles include some positions that
> violate
> platform.
> I'll use public schools as a hypothetical, and the article
> below
> from the imaginary "Alexandria Beach Times."
> ====start article====
> [Sentence 1] John Doe, Libertarian candidate for Congress,
> says
> he
> wants to cut taxes, cut spending, end the war on drugs, and
> bring
> our troops home from overseas.
> [Sentence 2] When asked about public education, John Doe says
> "I'd
> like to use some of the savings from those cuts to increase
> spending
> on public schools."
> ====end article====
> I think most of the APRC and Staff would feel it's okay to
> write a
> blog and to quote Sentence 1 of the article above. Most of
> the
> APRC
> and Staff would probably feel it's NOT okay to quote Sentence
> 2.
> The area of likely disagreement is whether or not we could
> include a
> link to the source article in our blog entry.
> If there was an article where 50% or more of the content
> about
> the
> Libertarian candidate had platform violations, probably most
> of
> us
> wouldn't want to publicize it.
> There can be a great article about one of our candidates
> where
> 90%
> of the coverage is positive, but if 10% of the article
> includes
> a
> platform violation, we maybe should not link to it, or maybe
> we
> should.
> I used public school spending as an example above, but all
> kinds of
> things have come up in the past, such as opposing
> legalization
> of
> hard drugs (or letting the states decide on that), the Fair
> Tax,
> welfare, some regulations, and so on.
> I would like direction from the LNC on whether or not it is
> okay to
> publish things like blogs that links with some positions that
> might
> violate the platform.
> Based on feedback, I might float a suggest amendment to the
> Policy
> Manual for you all to consider at the upcoming LNC meeting.
>
> I can work comfortabl[4]y with whichever direction the LNC
> might go on
> this particular issue, but I think it's an important
> enough
> issue
> that has come up quite a bit in the past, that it should
> be
> considered by the LNC.
> If the LNC prefers to leave the decision up to the APRC,
> that
> is
> another option I'm comfortable with. In fact, I think
> that's
> the
> status quo right now, however, given recent changes in the
> APRC, I
> could not tell you how they'd rule on the above issue.
> Thanks,
> --
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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> --
> --
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
> Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington)
> - [29]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
> Communications Director, [30]Libertarian Party of Colorado
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
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> And oppose the use of force
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