I have only just stumbled upon the vast selection of blogs The Times of London publishes on its website. Not being one to follow the opinion section very closely, I first discovered the tab listing its blogs today. The variety boggles the mind. With 32 blogs, The Times even outdoes The Guardian's 28, and the subjects range from motor racing to general news, motherhood to religion. There's an entire blog kept up by the Paris correspondent, which publishes as many cultural posts as ones commenting on politics (although the political analysis is nothing fresh - just a recap of recent events or sentiments that echoes and refers to other French media sources), as well as one kept by the Iraq correspondent in Baghdad.
An April 25 posting on the Inside Iraq blog delves into subject matter that might be buried if it were published in the print edition. It discusses recent gains by Iraqi soldiers in defeating Shia insurgents in Basra. Unlike U.S. coverage, which tends to report more about the American military, this blog includes interviews with Iraqi soldiers. It details the operation in Basra as one would expect to hear a battle covered during war time: by discussing the obstacles originally faced by the Iraqi army and how they overcame them. It does not sensationalize the situation. The article even goes so far as to contextualize the situation by explaining which subgroup the Shia militants are thought to have been linked to. Rather than utilizing the anti-war frame to discuss U.K. involvement, the reporter blogs from the perspective of the Iraqi army and their role in bringing stability back to their country.
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