 This is the photo claimed to be of Iraq but was exposed by bloggers as really being in Turkey
Bloggers have power. This article I found on MSNBC under the Newsweek banner is just another great prime example of that. Howard Kaloogian, a Republican candidate in California's 50th Congressional District, was exposed as falsely advertising the current situation in Iraq by using a picture actually taken in Turkey to show a "much more calm and stable" Iraq.
The blogger first responsible for calling the picture into question was anthonyLA of Daily Kos. Then to confirm the lie jem6x found a photo of the same neighborhood proving it is not in Iraq. The photo has been removed from Kaloogian's site and he did explain the mistake away saying how someone stopped off at Turkey before going to Iraq with him.
Bloggers are not respected. As you can note in the case above by reading the original article I found, MSNBC and Newsweek decided not to link to Daily Kos or the blogger's article exposing the lie. The main stream media continues to dismiss bloggers and not give us the links we deserve.
TAGS:MSNBC,Newsweek,Daily Kos,Howard Kaloogian,blogging
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Very cool.
I use my blog to display my art. To give viewers a peek into the creative portion of my soul.
But I have a great respect for those who use their blogs to give readers an glimpse of the truth and to expose those who would deny the truth to further their own agenda.
Thanks for passing it on.