Friday, February 16, 2007

The Hidden Iraq

Just watched yet another documentary on Iraq. The most astounding fact revealed by it was that there have been 93 journalists killed during the conflict. To give perspective, about (sources vary) 70 journalists died during Vietnam (1955-75). The refreshing bit is that the internet seems to be having an impact on this. The documentary finishes by talking about bloggers from Iraq whom by virtue of fitting in are not targeted like western journalists and manage to get first-hand accounts out via the internet. This makes me wonder about the status of internet availability, though. And even if it is available, I wonder if there is government/US control of it and how much. Furthermore, it seems that it is a matter of time until whomever is targeting western journalists starts targeting the bloggers.

1 Comments:

Blogger Val said...

that's a scary thought

1:53 PM  

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