Mental Acrobatics defends bloggers' coverage of the recent bomb explosion in Kenya: “I would argue that it is stories like this that rather than showing the danger of blogs, HIGHLIGHT the importance of blogs and other citizen media.”
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Captioning a blog post “Suicide Bomber In Nairobi” leaves little room for intepretation
Expecting the government of Kenya to share information with the Kenyan public is completely unrealistic. As I said where is the press conference on the Mathare crisis, the Mount Elgon crisis? How long are you prepared to wait? As bloggers we expect our readers to read the post, not just the title.