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Blogging every day keeps the doctor away
At least some British journalists understand where new media is going: Journalists in the UK are more likely to be producing video content and blogging as part of their workload than their European counterparts, a new survey has suggested. According to the European Digital Journalism Study, 61 per cent of UK respondents said their publications…
An all-too-real Iraq
Juan Cole, Informed Comment, June 22: American television loves natural disasters. The Burmese cyclones that may have carried off as many as 200,000 people offered the cameras high drama. The floods in Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri along the Mississippi River, which have wiped out thousands of homes, have been carefully detailed hour by hour. But…
The next chapter of Salam Pax
Years after Salam Pax, aka The Baghdad Blogger, became world famous for writing about life under Saddam and the American invasion, he’s now living in London, studying journalism and helping to launch new online initiative, Mind the Globe. Here’s his post from late May: You want to know why Muqtada is so popular? Look at…
The African curse
Robert Mugabe’s brutality in Zimbabwe has forced the opposition to boycott the election. Was there truly any choice? The level of violence is real and worsening. Be prepared to be sickened.
Weapons for cuddling
$34 billion is being spent in 2009 on the Pentagon’s classified weapons purchases and development. Something to make you sleep well at night.
Believing in the ceasefire
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, June 20: After the unremitting hell that Israel has inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza, one can only feel relief and even joy at the ceasefire agreed between Hamas and the Jewish state that took effect this week. Its significance extends well beyond Gaza and opens new possibilities as the disastrous Bush…
This is what war does to a man
A US Marine emails blogger Andrew Sullivan about the use of torture in Iraq – he claims he never saw Americans do it but Iraqi troops was a different story altogether – and his feelings towards the occupied nation: To tell you the absolute truth, I had many moments in Iraq when I could see…
A Bush disciple speaks
Take the conservative test from blogger Michelle Malkin. (Yes, killing some enemy Ayrabs is a sign of real conservatism.)