Posted on 09/30/2003 1:23:29 PM PDT by Ex-Dem
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Baghdad bloggers became famous for their insights into life during the Iraqi war.
The Internet pioneers courted danger and risked death by messaging to the outside world. Now Internet cafes are opening up across Baghdad giving Iraqis the chance to connect without restriction or hindrance for less than $1 per hour.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
I'd like to believe CNN is finally making an effort to balance their coverage a little, but am pretty sure this is just a token good news article, underreported even on CNN and quickly buried in the QUAGMIRE fantasy.
restrictions imposed by the coalition forces are limited to porn rather than Arabic news.
which is also confusingly poorly-written but by my reading indicates that porn is (to at least some extent) restricted.
So why did they put "porn" in the title of this piece? Why did they want to give their readers the idea that a result of liberation was to let Iraqis "log onto porn" when nothing in the piece indicates that...?
Oh never mind.
restrictions imposed by the coalition forces are limited to porn rather than Arabic news.
Give those people their porn... I mean, freedom!
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
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