Comments on: Iran: Islamist bloggers react to protest movement

By: Annotated Bibliography: Twitter and the Iranian Election Protests « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:25:46 +0000

[...] Iran: Islamist bloggers react to protest movement Global Voices, Hamid Tehrani, 17 June 2009 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/17/iran-islamist-bloggers-react-to-protest-movement/ A different perspective – Extract: “While international media is awash with news about how Mousavi supporters are using the internet to make their views known, several bloggers are using the same tools to make a case against the opposition candidate. Before the election, more than 100 bloggers publicly declared their support for Ahmedinejad on a campaign website created by his followers that made use of both YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.” [...]

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Activist media and selective amplifiers

…My heart’s in Accra » Activist media and selective amplifiers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:31:26 +0000

[...] of the more popular posts on Global Voices, but I think it’s one of the most important ones – voices from Islamist bloggers in Iran reacting to the elections and ensuing protests. All the posts were translated from Persian, and they reflect a very different [...]

By: Global Voices in Italiano » L’ironia della ‘Twitter Revolution’ iraniana

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:51:32 +0000

[...] stanno anche usando blog e Twitter esponendo le ragioni per cui ne ritengono legittima la vittoria (Hamid Tehrani per Global Voices [...]

By: By the People | A Citizen-Led Conversation » Blog Archive » Iran and the U.S. - Engaging the World - America.gov

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:19:08 +0000

[...] more, social media – most notably blogs and Twitter – are playing an important role in the Iranian election aftermath, much as they were a [...]

By: Iran, Citizen Media and Media Attention | Climate Vine

Iran, Citizen Media and Media Attention | Climate Vine — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:50:48 +0000

[...] been trying to counterbalance this a bit at Global Voices – Hamid Tehrani, our Iran editor, did a brief roundup last night of bloggers supporting Ahmedinejad. It’s worth noting that the posts he quotes are all in Farsi: language may well be a barrier that [...]

By: Some more perspective on the Iran protests | Betwixt and Between

Some more perspective on the Iran protests | Betwixt and Between — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:21:25 +0000

[...] trying to counterbalance this a bit at Global Voices – Hamid Tehrani, our Iran editor, did a brief roundup last night of bloggers supporting Ahmedinejad. It’s worth noting that the posts he quotes are all in Farsi: language may well be a barrier that [...]

By: Global Voices Online » The Irony of Iran’s ‘Twitter Revolution’

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:25:54 +0000

[...] Some Ahmadinejad supporters are also using blogs and Twitter to explain why they believe he legitimately won (Hamid Tehrani in Global Voices). [...]

By: Solidaarisuutta Iranin vihreälle oppositiolle « Kaspardus

Solidaarisuutta Iranin vihreälle oppositiolle « Kaspardus — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:53:52 +0000

[...] esim. Flynt Leverett ja Hillary Mann Leverett, Ken Ballen ja Patrick Doherty. Global Voices teki katsauksen Ahmadinejadin voittoa rehellisenä pitävien iranilaisten islamistien blogeista. Ylin johtaja [...]

By: Updated: The Irony of Iran’s ‘Twitter Revolution’ | Gauravonomics Blog

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:43:02 +0000

[...] Some Ahmadinejad supporters are also using blogs and Twitter to explain why they believe he legitimately won (Hamid Tehrani in Global Voices). [...]

By: Solana Larsen

Solana Larsen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:45:25 +0000

I see your point. Given how much news there has been worldwide about these protests, I don’t think we’re on too risky ground (see Hamid’s second paragraph).

Ethan Zuckerman just wrote a post that mentions this one:

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/17/iran-islamist-bloggers-react-to-protest-movement/

I don’t think it speaks to your comment that the post itself should be balanced, but it may help you see the rationale of how it fits into a broader coverage.

By: Clement

Clement — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:31:47 +0000

I see. But in light of what is going on, I think it would have been better if you had included the views of pro-Mousavi bloggers because for some readers this might be the only GV post on Iran elections that they will read.

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Iran, citizen media and media attention

…My heart’s in Accra » Iran, citizen media and media attention — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:23:52 +0000

By: Solana Larsen

Solana Larsen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:12:29 +0000

Dear Clement,

This is one of the many posts we have published on Global Voices about the Iranian election and aftermath. This one shows a side, we haven’t heard much about lately. There are other posts, that include words, photos, videos, etc of Mousavi supporters. You can see the collection here:

http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/iranian-election-2009/

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3arabawy BookMarx 06/18/2009 (a.m.) at 3arabawy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:28:57 +0000

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By: Clement

Clement — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:03:48 +0000

Your post seems to be one-sided. I am sure there are some pro-Mousavi blog posts on the net. You should have included them in your article. Does this imply that anti-Ahmadinejad bloggers have been silenced up to an extent that you cannot find their articles on the Internet? Both opinions, pro-Mousavi and pro-Ahmadinejad, should have been included in this post. Seriously speaking, as it is, it is not reflecting the objectives of Global Voices.

I am not pro-Mousavi. All I want is fair coverage.