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Media coverage of war

Thursday, March 27th, 2003

The Guardian has a good overview of the different ways in which the war is being covered on TV - in the UK, the US, Iraq, and on Al Jazeera.

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Fisking

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

There's an interesting transcript of an interview with Robert Fisk on the Democracy Now site.

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Popquiz

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

For those looking to simultaneously entertain themselves and follow the war-on-terror there is this entertaining piece...

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Land of the free?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

OK, so my earlier stories weren't too threatening on the face of it - we were talking about people being approached by law enforcement personnel, but then going on their way. However, Angij's piece from Monday is both poignant and worrying. Are families disappearing like this everywhere across the USA? ...

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Fluffy kittens

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

I just couldn't resist using my first Photoshop experience for a good cause:

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Sigs

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

John Barlow has one of the best sigs I'veseen in a while, and his comments on the outbreak of war aren't bad either: O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle-be Thou near them! With them, in spirit, we also go forth from the sweet ...

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Don’t bring them home?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

Seems some images are too racy to appear in Crawford (just coincidently near Bush's ranch):

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Emperor and Empire

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

As if yesterday's story wasn't weird enough, it appears that being a musician is now grounds for suspicion that you're a terrorist. Wow.

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Aren’t you suspicious?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

Now it's just getting freaky

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IMF admits guilt

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

Sometimes people try to kill bad news. I subscribe to InterWorldRadio's daily news bulletin, and they have a piece about a new IMF report that has been well-timed: The International Monetary Fund has admitted its policies may harm developing countries. A report by the IMF's chief economist says opening up developing ...

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