Blogging the Mumbai Bombings

So, four days after the first anniversary of the July 7th London attacks, we have another series of simultaneous transit bombings, this time in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), India.

Over 150 people have been killed, with hundreds more injured.

Maybe it's terror fatigue, or maybe it's because it's happening half a world away from us over here, but I don't see a full-court press on this attack in the U.S. media.

Fortunately, you don't have to listen to me whine about it -- as with most things online, you can find your own information about what you're interested in.

The news Web sites are all carrying the story as front page news (for example, AOL News, BBC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC).

Looking at blogs and social media, Metroblogging Mumbai is group-blogging the story (their sister blog in Pakistan, Metroblogging Karachi, sends its support -- I'd linked them back in October, after the South Asia Earthquake).

Also, here's the Mumbai bombing entry in WikiNews. If you're familiar with Wikipedia, which is a group encyclopedia that anyone can add content to, WikiNews applies a similar model to the news.

(In wikis, you're relying on lots and lots of interested people to contribute, edit and police content, instead of small group of editors. Consequently, their coverage can be a lot broader than a standard encyclopedia, though there are challenges, especially when it comes to controversial topics.)

Here are some additional search results for "Mumbai Bombings":

* Google News
* Technorati
* Sphere
* Feedster

(FYI, there's isn't a lot of discussion of the bombings that I could find in AOL Journals right now.)

Best wishes and support to the victims of this bombing and all terrorist attacks.

Thanks -- Joe

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