QandO

April 17, 2004

In which I agree with Oliver Willis
Posted by Jon Henke

Imagine if the Chinese perception of the "will of the American people" was based on, say, Atrios. Or QandO. Or, god forbid, Counterspin. I think it's fair to say that would be an unfair generalization. Oliver Willis thinks so, too...

Here's an idea that comes to mind: perhaps we should take the perspectives of Iraqi bloggers with a grain of salt. American political blogging tends not to reflect the will of America as a whole (caucasian, upper middle class, white-collar work, male) so I would in a region as impoverished as Iraq - the difference between an Iraqi who can afford a computer with an internet connection (or time in an Internet cafe) and the average Iraqi would be substantial. That doesn't mean we should discount them one way or the other, positively or negatively (for instance, there don't seem to be a lot of jihadists blogging) - just don't let their opinions be representative of "all of Iraq".

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