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Bill Hobbs was describing the wealth of information and coverage of
the war found on
the world wide web and comparing it to the coverage on American
TV networks.
"Blogging" is slang for Weblog. Weblog is the blossoming sector
of the web that is sort of an online
personal web diary. But blogs also have links to other sites.
Check some out.
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www.blogger.com www.dailykos.com www.instapundit.com GlennReynolds.com www.command-post.org www.warblogs.cc www.hobbsonline.blogspot.com |
MSNBC's coverage/list of weblog links
create your own blog Glenn Reynolds
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At Slate.msn.com,
there's an article about war coverage on the web. It also has links.
Check it out at:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080407/
Military terms:
ever wondered how many people are in a division? You can find out
at the official
Department of Defense website and it dictionary of military terms.
Visit www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/
The Fourth Estate
Carlyle, a 19th-century historian, described the newly found power
of newspapers (and today that power is
also found in other media). At the time, the three "estates"
in England or pre-revolutionary France were:
priesthood, aristocracy and commons. He added a "fourth" estate:
newspapers. Later, others interpreted
the term "fourth estate" as meaning the fourth 'power' in addition
to the constitutional powers of the state:
executive, legislature and judiciary. This system of 'checks
and balances' works to ensure that none of
the three powers becomes too strong. Or that those three state
powers do not mislead the public.
One role of the "fourth estate" is to act as a watching for wrongdoings
of the other three.
"Freedom of the press" is seen as a vital component for democracy to
exist. I want facts from the press.
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havenworks.com/tv/ www.cspan.org/resources/media.asp www.bbc.co.uk/ www.cspan.org/ www.npr.org www.al-jazeera.net www.abudhabi.com www.daralhayat.com www.arabnews.com www.afghandaily.com www.allied-media.com/ www.pbs.org/newshour/ abc.abcnews.go.com/ www.washingtonpost.com www.nytimes.com www.ap.org www.reuters.com www.foxnews.com www.globalsecurity.org/ www.msnbc.com Behind the Headlines (MSNBC) www.cnn.com/ www.time.com/ www.newseum.org/ www.knoxnews.com |
locate websites of newspapers worldwide
list of links to TV networks; see "worldlink TV" list of links to media websites British Broadcasting Company CSPAN cable network on politics, government National Public Radio (radio's version of PBS) Arabic news TV Arabic news/TV in English Al hayat news Saudi Arabia newspaper in English Afghanistan newspaper in English; slow to load ethnic media sources in U.S. (site by Columbia U.) PBS's NewsHour ABC The Washington Post The New York Times Associated Press excellent, worldwide news agency FoxNews organization focusing on global security policy MSNBC more in-depth reporting from MSNBC CNN good photographs Newseum: a museum on news, has TV show, too The Knoxville News Sentinel |
Quick Commentary on coverage of
the war
The coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom (the war itself doesn't have
a name yet, as of this posting) has
been phenomenal. The embedding of journalists is a great idea.
These slices of the war are very informative.
The technology to receive real-time, and multiple, reports from the
field is mindboggling.
This massive television coverage also creates confusion and sometimes
derails us from the "big picture."
Sometimes, there is no context.
Plus, it is amazing to see how the news is covered differently throughout
the world. Newscasts can
show the same video, but have very different interpretations and stories
about it. The Arab viewpoints
are very disturbing. Late at night, CSPAN has been showing newscasts
from around the world.
Check it out sometime.
One complaint is that some of the information tends to be unfactual.
The "fog of war" and the competition
to scope the competition. Basra is taken. Then, it's not.
A 1000-vehicle convoy of Republican Guards
has left Baghdad headed south. Then, its only 70 vehicles.
And, it's not all tanks nor even Republican Guard
units. Moreover, American news coverage too often just passes
along the official Pentagon line. A
"credibility gap?" Sometimes, American "news" is just pure propaganda
or deliberate "disinformation"
put out by the Pentagon and the Administration. Very disturbing.
I want facts.
Even crazier, the news coverage has affected the action itself.
And, it has an impact on political decisions
and military strategy/tactics. It's a brave new world.
Stay tuned.
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