It had to happen -- as war breaks out, someone was bound to be blogging from Baghdad.
Yet Salam Pax's "Where is Raed?" blog is quirky, touching -- and it feels authentic.
Authenticity is the telling attribute: since blogs are so easy to create, set up and maintain, and so difficult to censor, they are the propagandist's dream.
Could a fake -- i.e. propagandist -- blog create the feeling that it was genuine. Why not? On the internet, aren't all identities "fake"?
SPOOKY POST SCRIPT:
Just a few seconds after I'd written the above, I googled myself (i.e. I typed my name into Google) and found that there's a mirror of my diary site somehwere in Japan.
What does that have to do with internet identity? I'm not sure. Feels spooky though...
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Hey Michael,
I found your blog by crusing dmoz directory. :) I like it.
If you are into groups blogging_community group is pretty lively. Anyway, we discuss a lot of the current events I see featured at your blog. You are welcome to join us and bring a blogger. :)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blogging_community
if you don't its cool you rock :) btw did you hear the mac news? gore is on the board and they are switching to intel pentium processors... crazy..