Maybe it wasn't Newsweek's fault after all?
Calling the U.S. detainee center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the "gulag of our time" has pushed Irene Kahn, secretary general of Amnesty International, into the spotlight and the top position among BlogPulse's burstiest people. That assessment is contained in AI's latest report on human rights issues around the world.
Blogger reactions range from "I take exception" at Schadenfreude to verbatim citations from the group's report at Rowhouse Logic blog.
What's hot?
Gizmos and gadgets are making waves these days, so BlogPulse plugged some of the day's hottest toys and to-do's into its Trend Tool and came up with this comparison of Star Wars vs. iPod vs. PS3 vs. XBox:
Passings and passing comments...
Australians today are mourning the death of long-time TV star Graham Kennedy, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan seems to be backing off remarks he made about Newsweek's Koran-related retraction, the U.S. House of Representatives is backing embyronic stem cell research and Carrie Underwood passed Bo Rice Wednesday to become the new American Idol (even though Bo rated higher on BlogPulse's key people lists).
BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Star Wars is hot. So are Search Wars.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at May 26, 2005 11:14 AM
