August is traditionally a slow news month for the traditional news media. This year, however, non-traditional media are trying to liven things up.
I'm referring specifically to Cindy Sheehan's efforts to enlist bloggers to cover her cause. Sheehan's son was killed in Iraq and she is camping out on President Bush's doorstep as he vacations in Crawford, Texas, trying to get him to meet with her, as well as highlight the true costs of the war. Yesterday she had a conference call with liberal bloggers, many of whom are taking on her cause. Some in the traditional news media are paying attention as well, though commentators like Norman Solomon take the traditional media to task for following Bush's spin-meisters in air-brushing coverage of the war. You can read Solomon's column at AlterNet:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23996/
For this entry anyway, I would also like to show my support for Cindy Sheehan and all the parents and siblings who have lost loved ones in this senseless war. I would also like to remember the Iraqi people who continue to be victimized by both sides in the insurgency.
To that end, I would like to point folks towards two blogs: one an American soldier, another an Iraqi civilian:
365 and a Wake Up <http://thunder6.typepad.com/365_arabian_nights/2005/07/another_step_fo.html>
Tell Me a Secret <http://www.secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/>
Posted by jeb at August 12, 2005 6:00 PM | TrackBack