How reliable are blogs?

[Massacure]

http://www.back-to-iraq.com/

^^^ Especially the one above in particular. ^^^

Someone won't accept it as evidence of things in Iraq. Sure you have to take it with a grain of salt assuming there is only a 50% chance of it being legitamate, however it isn't wise to under-estimate things.

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

1. I take most blogs pretty seriously, as long as the author

identifies him/herself.

The "mainstream media" said Gephardt was the VEEP nominee. Several blogs said it was Edwards for various hearsay reasons. They gave the proper caveats. The Post didn't.

See, I don't believe in objectivity. I don't think it exists. Bloggers who admit what their worldview/perspective are, write well, and don't pretend to be what NO ONE is -- "objective" -- get more respect from me than bullshit lying con artist media whores.


edited for clarity

[Eric J in MN]

5. You might like MoveLeft Media

I identify myself. It's at:

http://moveleft.com

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

6. Looks good.

:thumbsup:


Why don't you offer RSS? You'd get a lot more traffic.

[Eric J in MN]

7. how does that work? nt

nt

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

10. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

It lets your site come to people, instead of people having to come to your site.

There are so many great sites now that I can't check them all every day. With RSS, I subscribe to the ones I want.

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html

[Rose Siding]

2. Christopher's resume is posted on the site

He's a free lance reporter and there's a list of mainstream publications that have printed his work.

[Tosca]

3. Well

WBUR is a real radio station out of Boston, for what it's worth.

[Craig Roberts]

4. ...

That blog has been around for awhile, and the guy has been involved in some mainstream media articles and, I think, television reporting. He talks about this in his blog, and I don't think there is any question he is a real journalist working from Iraq.

What makes his pessimism more worrisome is that only a few weeks ago he was reporting that things seemed to be getting better and he was feeling more optimistic. His latest report is very different.

You get the same from "Riverbend," who is a woman living in Baghdad who has been blogging for some time. She has referenced the "Back to Iraq" guy a few times. She also was sounding a little more optimistic in her penultimate post, but recent events have her back in a dark mood.

Everybody in Iraq seems a little unsettled by al-Sistani's medical problems. If al-Sistani dies it is not clear what direction Shiite clerical leadership will take.

[unslinkychild1]

8. MOST of the ones I've seen are pretty good

There's salam Pax, Raed in the Middle, Riverbend, back to Iraq, etc., but you know, it's all just opinion, all just what we see.... they see it different than the reporters, but they're not in the green zone--THEY LIVE THERE. I talk to various Iraqis on occasion, and it don't seem at all like the news we see in usa.

If you want MY opinion, go to unslinkychild.blogspot.com

Regards, friends

[Warren DeMontague]

9. This guy is totally unreliable

and full of it, too. His layout is unprofessional and his sources questionable.

But sometimes he posts funny pictures.

http://impeachdubya.blogspot.com