] In the run up to a conflict in Iraq, foreign news websites
] are seeing large volumes of traffic from America, as U.S.
] citizens increasingly seek news coverage about the coming
] war.
]
] "Given how timid most U.S. news organizations have been
] in challenging the White House position on Iraq, I'm not
] surprised if Americans are turning to foreign news services
] for a perspective on the conflict that goes beyond freedom
] fries," said Deborah Branscom, a Newsweek contributing
] editor, who keeps a weblog devoted to media issues.

] Dennis charged that, unlike much of the American press,
] the Guardian site presents both pro- and anti-war
] positions. In addition, the Guardian encourages its
] readers to debate the issues, through the site's talk
] boards and interactive features like live interviews with
] various experts.
]
] The only debate in the U.S. media is on the Web, Dennis
] said. "Weblogs are doing all the work that the U.S. media
] did in the past," he said. "That's an interesting
] development."
]
] In fact, a lot of the Guardian's U.S. traffic is referred
] by weblogs, especially Matt Drudge's Drudge Report, said
] Nielsen's Goosey.

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