Comments on: How Blogs Failed the War in Georgia

By: Blair Sheridan

Blair Sheridan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:15:44 +0000

Excellent review. And I couldn’t agree more about the value of The Oil & the Glory.

By: JTapp

JTapp — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:23 +0000

I think the language barrier is a huge issue/handicap. I believe even you mentioned in a previous post that you had to have someone translate the Russian news/blogs for you. A lot of the “elite” bloggers don’t speak Russian and didn’t know how to find blogs by Ossetians or Georgians on the ground.
Blogging is no longer an English-language-only thing. This war demonstrated that for us all.

By: Ethan B

Ethan B — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:52:19 +0000

Well written and spot on.

By: Joshua Foust

Joshua Foust — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:47 +0000

I love Brecher. Don’t always agree with him, but he’s entertaining as hell to read. And The Exile will be much pissed — I was SO angry when Russia canceled their printing license!

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:10:56 +0000

This is why I’m always skeptical when someone says that such and such is better than what it’s replacing, or supplementing, or whatever. See, if at the age (less than 20, more than 15) that I am, I’ve learned to be skeptical about claims of Fabulous Wonders, I’m a little surprised that other people haven’t. MSM journalists and bloggers are all humans (some could be space aliens, I don’t know), and therefore, they all make mistakes. That’s why the blogosphere isn’t necessarily better than the MSM.

By: Shohmurod

Shohmurod — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:07 +0000

http://exiledonline.com/ Editor Mark Ames who contributes articles to The Nation did a very decent analysis of the situation in Georgia with a good backgrounder. Their regular columnist Gary “The War Nerd” Brecher covered the action from his unique perspective. Check it out!