Comments on: MSM Iraq coverage: Bloggers give thumbs down

By: Cannoneer No. 4

Cannoneer No. 4 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:52:45 +0000

What they're saying about the Milblog conference.

By: Cannoneer No. 4

Cannoneer No. 4 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:15:30 +0000

WHERE IS BILAL HUSSEIN?

By: Cannoneer No. 4

Cannoneer No. 4 — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:20:22 +0000

Which side is the national media on?

By: Cannoneer No. 4

Cannoneer No. 4 — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:13:39 +0000

Read No Tears in Heaven by SGT Hook for a blogger's fictional attempt to illustrate why thumbs down.

By: CIIDG » Iraq and media: ‘Bloggers weigh in’

CIIDG » Iraq and media: ‘Bloggers weigh in’ — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:52:27 +0000

[...] See also Rebecca MacKinnon's comments. [...]

By: 龜趣來嘻@wordpress » Biased War

龜趣來嘻@wordpress » Biased War — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:17:07 +0000

[...] Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » MSM Iraq coverage: Bloggers give thumbs downTop News Article | Reuters.comIraq – Is the US media telling the truth? from Guardian Unlimited: Organ Grinder [...]

By: Multiple agendas » | Antony Loewenstein

Multiple agendas » | Antony Loewenstein — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:13:09 +0000

[...] Iraqi bloggers add their voices to the debate. An Iraqi based in London explains: [...]

By: Debate: Reporting from Iraq (Update 3) - Reuters Newsblogs

Debate: Reporting from Iraq (Update 3) - Reuters Newsblogs — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:11:25 +0000

[...] Global Voices’ Rebecca MacKinnon, the moderator of a live chat during the event, on Thursday posted that the “consensus among bloggers in the chatroom was that the media does indeed fail to provide a comprehensive or truly objective picture of what is happening in Iraq. However people disagreed on why, or what is to be done.” [...]

By: Bloggers give thumbs down at homefries.org

Bloggers give thumbs down at homefries.org — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:34:33 +0000

[...] There’s a report on the critique of mainstream media’s coverage of Iraq over at Global Voices Online The conclusion of the panelists seemed to be that the media isn’t presenting a full picture of what’s happening in Iraq, but there were no concrete ideas as to what can or should be done about this problem. Problems with the coverage include: It’s too politically polarized. There isn’t enough background and context due to space and time limitations in news outlets. News organizations are businesses and must tailor their reports to the interests and sensibilities of their audiences (which explains why non-Iraqi victims get more play than Iraqi victims in the Western media). There are physical limitations on what Western, other Middle Eastern, and Iraqi journalists can physically report on because the situation is so physically dangerous. Etc. [...]

By: Fons Tuinstra

Fons Tuinstra — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:59:19 +0000

I was unfortunately not able to stay up after the initial (very much delayed) forum ended. What I found a shocking figure (but I might have misheard that) is that the BBC is spending 25 percent of its budget for foreign correspondence on Iraq. Guess that other MSM pay also big money for a coverage that is seen as superficial at best.
In that way the war in Iraq is a double miss, since the rest of the world get even less coverage than it deserves because of that war. That makes the question what other ways bloggers can tell a story foreign correspondents fail to write down. (Including possible business models, including possible cooperation with traditional media: in this stage all options should be open.)
(And for those who wondered about the audio for a Dutch sex-site that messed up my audio. It was not a nasty way of Reuters to make some money, but I must have activated that link without noticing it. When I woke up and conference was done, but the ads for the sex-site was still repeating itself every 20 second. Nobody else seemed to have been affected)