Slog - Comments on “Really, anything is better than having to file four stories a day for the Web site.” http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to What I love most about New York Times foreign correspondent Barry Bearak's first-person account of his time in a Zimbabwe jail for the crime of "committing journalism" is the sub-plot that involves the Internet. You can blame Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's broken justice system for the insanity that led to Bearak's jailing, and you probably should, but Bearak also clearly wants you (and his bosses) to know that the Internet age was partly to blame, too. Here is how Bearak reported on Zimbabwe before the election crisis, back before he was arrested: With elections coming in Zimbabwe, I soon made... Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:45:12 -0800 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:53:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo I think getting thrown into a Zimbabwean jail is legitimate cause for complaint; therefore it falls outside of the definition of "harumphing."

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007770 Media Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:03:08 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe /violin

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007790 Media Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:15:52 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty What the fuck would you guys know about having to write for the web? Or maybe you call a couple of Slog posts a day regurgitating other peoples' stories writing for the web. Sorry, no, it's not.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1007793 Media Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:17:09 -0800 Comment by Greg I blame the West for ending slavery. If we were still kidnapping and killing all the young, healthy men and women, none of this would have happened.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1008167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/really_anything_is_better_than_having_to#c1008167 Media Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:53:39 -0800