The famous "Baghdad blogger" Salam Pax turned up for a chat on ABC's Enough Rope with Andrew Denton last night. After a great conversation about life in Baghdad before and during the US-led invasion, Denton and Pax are due to continue the conversation at 11:30am Australian EST - just under an hour away.
Two comments on the interview last night.
1. Salam didn't realise how dangerous his blogging could be until the BBC reported on a "blogger called Salam in Baghdad." Salam's dad apparently wasn't impressed after learning about his son's efforts from the TV before his son, and claimed he was risking the safety of the family. Salam's comment was that blogging the war was something he "just had to do."
2. Andrew Denton kept talking about Salam's blog as an "online web diary." Seems he wasn't comfortable with the term "weblog." Surely the term has been floating around the media for long enough that the average non-IT viewer would understand? Sheesh.
Update: Here's the Salam Pax interview transcript.
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