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This week, the mainstream media showed their ineptitude when it comes to reporting of Afghanistan. From declaring WikiLeaks huge release of damning war documents an "epic yawnfest," to propagandizing for more war on TIME's brutally misleading cover, readers and viewers were treated to a display of sloppy journalism and jingoism. The war in Afghanistan ...

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"Patrick Meier discusses the next phase of Ushahidi -- and how media outlets could use the platform for crowdsourcing"
by Nieman Journalism LabPatrick Meier discusses the next phase of Ushahidi -- and how media outlets could use the platform for crowdsourcing

"Well, the war you don't see is expressed eloquently by the New York Times, that range of extraordinary media apologists that we've just seen. The reason we don't see the war on civilians, the war that has caused the most extraordinary devastation, human and cultural and structural devastation in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is because of what is ...