Dowbrigade

It’s easy to forget, ensconced as we are each in our
own corner of the Blogosphere, the true depth and breath of this movement. Even when we reach out and link
with far-flung blogs that somehow come to our attention, we can still
not
do more than scratch the surface of the sphere.

If you would like a reminder that Blogging is a world-wide phenomena which
is working its magic hither and tither around the globe, check out this just-released
article in Wired on the explosion of Spanish-language blogging during the
past year.

"All of a sudden it became obvious that TV and newspapers weren’t
providing us with the truth," Peirano says. "We saw things on
weblogs that contradicted what we were seeing in conventional media –
digital snapshots and first-person reports posted by independent people,
individuals, who’d traveled to the oil spill site to help with cleanup."

"We were reading these live blog accounts, and it was as if the entire
country realized at the same time we weren’t being told the truth," adds
Peirano. "The
media was just lying."

article from Wired Magazine

thanks to Marta Peirano and her Blog Elastico