“If we can figure out how to tap into the best of both media forms, we’ll enter a golden age of journalism rather than the dark ages.” That’s correct! As long as the rules of journalism will be enforced and misinformation will be eliminated.

http://www.emanera.rs

I just created an aggregate of some of these new media feeds off twitter – follow @iranrevolution (or even better, see the real-time stream at http://friendfeed.com/iranrevolution)

The HuffingtonPost frequently updated blog is great.
I am very angered by several Republicans and Joe Lieberman making public statements that Obama should be calling out Iran for a fraudulent election. There is no concrete evidence of fraud. Indianan Republican Rep. Mike Pence urged President Obama to speak out in favor of the forces of reform in the Middle Eastern country.
Lieberman issued a statement urging Obama and others to “speak out, loudly and clearly, about what is happening in Iran right now and unambiguously express their solidarity with the brave Iranians who went to the polls in the hope of change and who are now looking to the outside world for strength and support.” Lieberman follows McCain’s warmonger positions.
I think Mitt Romney is a complete idiot and jerk for saying on ABC’s “This Week:”
“The comments by the president last week, that there was a robust debate going on in Iran, was obviously entirely wrong-headed. What has occurred is the election is a fraud, the results are inaccurate, and you’re seeing a brutal repression of the people as they protest. … It’s very clear that the president’s policies of going around the world and apologizing for America aren’t working. … Look, just sweet talk and criticizing America is not going to enhance freedom in the world.”
Ahmadinejad would love for Obama to accuse him of fraud, which he would use to reduce Obama’s reputation with Muslims. It would give Ahmadinejad an excuse not to negotiate with the US.
I read two very interesting articles about the approach Obama would take.
Obama’s Iran Policy to Focus on Human Rights, Not Election – Administration Official Says President Will Not Drive Anti-Ahmadinejad Agenda
President Obama would offer support for human rights in Iran generally and would not back away from his diplomatic outreach to the longtime U.S. adversary, regardless of the ultimate outcome of the election. … But the administration’s [Obama] position has the support of Iranian human rights groups, which fear the clerical regime will exploit any perception of U.S. interference to slander the opposition as American puppets — a caustic charge in a nation with a deep memory of U.S. interference in its politics. … A senior Obama administration official who did not want to be identified or quoted explained that the president was deeply conscious of appearing not to favor any side in the election.
http://tinyurl.com/n6fq39
Why the White House Views Iran’s Election as a Diplomatic Coup
When Obama Administration Iran czar Dennis Ross and top U.S. Iran negotiator William Burns were planning the details of the President’s outreach to Tehran with senior European diplomats earlier this spring, they discussed a possible nightmare scenario for the June 12 presidential elections in Iran. It was not, however, the prospect that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might win, or even that he might steal the election, as many are alleging he now has, that had them worried. Quite the opposite, it was the possibility that the provocative Iranian President might lose to a moderate challenger.
Despite all the attention paid to the office of the Iranian presidency, nuclear policy is set by the religious leaders of the country, and they have shown a determination to amass enriched uranium regardless of whether hard-liners or moderates have been President.
http://tinyurl.com/nyhv73

Fascinating. It is like watching 1978-9 all over again.
Never mind stopping to think or reflecting on the wisdom of not throwing gasoline onto a raging fire…or, even, not digging deeper when you’re already in a hole.
The Republicans have learned nothing.
The best thing to do right now is to pray and keep observing. With luck,we might be seeing the end of an evil-hearted era. With interference, we might just cement a fascist government into power for yet another generation.