I am on the Hugh Hewitt Show right now to discuss the special Iraq election coverage on Pajamas Media, which should start to trickle in late tonight Pacific time (if not when everyone gets up in the USA on Thursday).
What’s going on?
Omar and Mohammed of Iraq the Model have done a remarkable job lining up reporters in eight provinces for PJM: Erbil, Kirkuk, Mosul, Babil, Najaf, Kerbala, Samawa, Basra as well as Baghdad of course. For those of you who don’t know, the newspapers have been closed in Iraq for security reasons. Some of their reporters will be working for Pajamas Media. A translator has been hired to translate their material from Arabic into English. Omar and Mohammed have the first (Reynolds blessed) Sonys sent to bloggers in the field by PJMedia. Several of the reporters will have rented cameras. We have no idea what we are going to get. This is an experiment. Purple fingers crossed.
UPDATE: The first post from Omar in Baghdad (on his way to vote) is up at Pajamas Media. Much more to come. We’re excited and waiting for reports from all eight provinces. Will blog-reporting have something special to contribute to this historic event? We shall see.
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5 Comments
1. dougf:Looking forward to this coverage. From my selfish perspective it will be very much appreciated.
Well frankly ANYTHING that has no BBC reporters or Christiane Amanpour attached to it ,is very much appreciated, so you are already ahead of the game even before the 1st vote is cast.
Fingers crossed for your coverage and for the good sense of average Iraqis.
Go Allawi.
Dec 14, 2005 - 4:50 pm 2. Ed Poinsett:Thank you in advance in focusing those resources on this exciting time in the Middle East. I look forward to reading every post. Good luck to PJM and A’ash al Iraq!
Dec 14, 2005 - 4:57 pm 3. Buddy Larsen:Good luck and G-dspeed to all involved in this world-historical turning. I hope some people email their local rags and suggest that they carry some of this on-the-scene citizens’ reportage.
Dec 14, 2005 - 8:35 pm 4. Anthony (Los Angeles):Congratulations to all Iraqis on this great day. May your example of courage and commitment to liberty light a fire in the hearts of all oppressed peoples everywhere.
I wonder how long before that left-wing reactionary Janeane Garofalo dismisses this as a fraud? Oh, and bless the dear old LA Times: their top headline this morning? “Bush admits mistakes.” Sheesh.
Dec 15, 2005 - 8:11 am 5. GinaCobb:Related Post:
May God Bless Iraq
http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/2005/12/may_god_bless_i.html
Dec 15, 2005 - 10:41 am