Totally unrelated to my own struuggling through the issues of media and the war, it turns out that Global Voices (the Berkman Center group) and Reuters will be holding an online discussion on:
How does the nature, quality, and content of media coverage of the Iraq war ultimately impact the lives of people in Iraq, the Middle East and around the planet?
In your country, how does the media’s Iraq coverage rate? Fair and balanced? Biased? Which way? How about bloggers’ reporting and discussion of the issue? Have blogs helped clarify things or added to the confusion? We want to bring the opinions of the world’s bloggers on this issue directly into the debate. Please join us for a live discussion on Wednesday at 22:00–24:00 GMT (6–8pm EDT).
One time seems find. Three times for the same post seems like an embarrassment of riches. 😉
Should be interesting.
As part of a blogburst, I posted something on this topic last year:
http://asher813.blogspot.com/2005/01/morning-report-january-27-1945.html
Sorry
“Morning Report, 1945”:http://asher813.blogspot.com/2005/01/morning-report-january-27-1945.html
Thanks, AL, for pointing this out to me. I participated and even had my question asked of LTC Steve Boylan, who stood head and shoulders above the rest of the panel in terms of gravitas. Reuters is obviously beginning to worry, and, judging from all the whining I heard from journos, they have much to worry about.
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth about how unsafe Iraq is for them, and how embedding threatens their illusion of objectivity. If they don’t want US military security, why don’t they hire their own?