Salam Adil · April, 2006

Latest posts by Salam Adil from April, 2006

Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

Iraqi bloggers pose something of puzzle for the mainstream media. The quality of the writing is good and bloggers sometimes have better news than their own reporters. But how do you use it? Some have the right idea and report what the bloggers are saying. This Associated Press article was...

Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

As a postscript to the 1970 Gil Scot Heron poem ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised‘, There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news… The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The revolution will be no re-run brothers; The revolution will be live. The revolution will be blogged. And...

Flying over the Iraqi Blogodrome

I am still on holiday and the blogs are still running. So here is a summary of what I liked up to the point my kids wake up… First a special mention to new Iraqi blogger Zappy. According to his profile he is a “34 year old Male living in...

Flying Over the Iraqi Blogodrome

This weeks post is going to be short (at least that is what I am planning as I type). I am on holiday – but the blogs keep turning. Blogging is coming of age as a source of news that rivals big media, and the word from the street is...