January 28, 2005
Killing Me Softly With His Blog
Typing my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his blog,
Killing me softly with his words,
Killing me softly with his blog.
- If only Roberta Flack lived in Blogistan
It's SuperBlog Sunday in Iraq this weekend, and as expected it's upcoming election has been the hottest topic in the Political Blogoshpere all week. Although much of the online debate has hovered around the expected voter turnout, a heated dispute between to popular bloggers has also attracted a good deal of attention.
The quarrel began Wednesday when bloggers Eric Alterman and Jeff Jarvis met on MSNBC to talk about the Iraqi elections and blogs. While on the show, Alterman suggested that two Iraqi bloggers might have CIA ties. Jarvis took great offense to the comment, citing Alterman's inability to provide any facts as "amoral" and "rumormongering." The row carried over onto their respective blogs where other bloggers picked up on the debate, spreading the arguement to main pages everywhere.
Jarvis On Alterman
Alterman On Jarvis
PoliticsOnline published a Special Report Wednesday on the Iraq Elections and the Internet. We highly recommend reading it. We'll also be monitoring Iraqi blogs on Sunday, and some more than others, such as Friends of Democracy and Iraq Dispatches.
Posted by Buzz Webster at January 28, 2005 05:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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