AWFUL. INDYMEDIA'S HACKED.

this is what indymedia currently reads:

g00ns r00ted th1s

You have lied to the American People over and over again. You attend The Fifth Hope and spread your wicked ideology there. Expect more of this. American Imperialism is non-existent. Our soldiers are dying over sees to give men, women, and children a taste of freedom and you call them imperialists. You are nothing but pigs. You are not against Bush you are against Republicans, you are against anyone who has a different opinion and way of thinking than you. Your box got rooted for lying to the American people. Here are some fun things for the visitors:

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it was hacked by some rightwing jackasses. 1) they can't spell "overseas," but can hack pretty well. 2) they suggest that we are not against bush but republicans. hmm. i think perhaps we're against the policies of both. 3) they also say we're against people who have different opinions than us. i suppose that's what we really mean by "independent media" i guess we're all for censorship. shocker. it's funny that they say imc is pro-censorship and they react by making the forum non-existent. that's not censorship, right? also, here's this weird chicken promotion burger king is doing which is totally bizarre. thanks for the tips shane! UPDATE: nyc.indymedia.org now redirects. the hack didn't last long, except it would be nice to see nyc.indymedia.org again. they now have this post up:

"New York City IMC, along with several other local IMCs, is experiencing technical difficulties. While we attend to the problems, please use the US IMC site for all of your community reporting needs.

As with local IMCs, you can post and read the US IMC open publishing newswire."

update: some started a petition against these conservative hackers, goons.