By Jim Lynch on Dec 9, 2006 in Blogs and blogging, First Cup, Fun Stuff, Iran, Politics, Radical Islam, The Old Media, War on Terrorism | Comments Off
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. ~ Abraham Lincoln
My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (Martin) The Iraq Surrender Group must be obeyed!! — “The opinions of 9 old men and an old woman are no more likely to be the right prescription than [...]
By Jim Lynch on Sep 17, 2006 in Iraq, The Old Media, War on Terrorism | 1 Comment
AP is telling the world that photo-stringer Bilal Hussein is being held by the U.S. military in Iraq.
The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.
Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, was [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 23, 2006 in Blogs and blogging, Non-political, Technology | Comments Off
Blogs are far from the death knell for the traditional media as is sometimes claimed. Still, even those traditional sources are beginning to explore the relationship between the two.
The Associated Press announced two agreements Tuesday — one that will tie its news stories to the rapidly growing world of blogs and another that will help [...]