Live-Blogging the War
The war in the Middle East continues to shake up the blogosphere today, and "live blogging" is the buzzword of the day. In fact, today's No. 5 most-cited blog post includes a roundup of Israelie bloggers who are covering the bombings, raids and news from the heart of the conflict and lists of rallies. The Daily Tidbit blog, for example, has a Mideast On Target newsletter with updated material, and This Ongoing Warprovides updates as well. Because of the volatility of the sitatuion, Middle East traveler and blogger Michael J. Totten has closed comments on his blog for safety reasons.
The "other" war
There's another conflict brewing in the blogosphere as well, this one a conservative-led smackdowon on the media in general, and their current target is New York Times photojournalist Joao Silva, whose coverage of insurgent movement is again producing catcalls of "treason" (by people who sit at computers and type, instead of people who don bullet-proof vests and risk their lives to bring us coverage of what's really happening in the world?...I'll never get that part). Glenn Greenwald has a response about the gang mentality that's suddenly targeting the media instead of the policies and practices that lead to such events and behaviors.
Passings...
Mickey Spillane is today's burstiest person and the tributes are pouring in for the veteran mystery/detective writer and creator of the Mike Hammer series. "I don't know the cause," writes a LiveJournaler blogger, "but I hope it was two slugs from a .45 while he was in the arms of a beautiful but deadly blonde."
Posted by Sue MacDonald at July 18, 2006 11:23 AM
