The Blogging War

Nothing news services love like a good war as the desire for their content becomes more valuable than usual. The most infamous example of course being William Randolph Hearst and his involvement in the Spanish-American War.

It's interesting how the information age works. In the beginning we relied on newspapers for information with Heart's New York Journal leading the charge.

We began with newspapers for our news. Finding out how the Civil War, Boer War and World War One were going.

World War Two was conducted by radio with the BBC having a huge say in it along with the development of personalities such as Edward Murrow, William Shirer, Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally and Lord Haw-Haw.

Vietnam was the war which took place in the living room as people watched it unfold on TV. Walter Cronkite was a key character here.

The Gulf War was the first Cable-TV war and everyone was glued to CNN and in the process making a big star out of Peter Arnett.

Gulf War II was the first war where the internet was onto every step and guys like the Drudge Report were covering everything as it was unfolding.

I am calling this War the Blogging War as it is the first major conflict where blogs have been so prominent. My primary source of news and information is The Muqata as his information is timely and I trust it and its sources. There are lots of other excellent blogs doing great reportage as well.

Haven't heard the term, Blogging War previously so if it takes off - you know where you heard it first.