What is this blog?
by Joseph Baxter
A few days ago, we were sitting around the apartment watching the news. (It seems like, with Davis studying journalism and Eric constantly being interviewed, we're always watching the news.) On this particular occasion, four commentators were sitting together, discussing the failing economy. Of course, the subject of Eric and Rebekah came up, and the commentators (particularly one smug reporter from Slate) kept getting the facts wrong. Here it is, four full months after the story was first told, and reporters, who do this kind of thing for a living, don't even know the story.
Shortly after that news program, the four of us (Eric, Rebekah, Davis, and I) decided to begin a collaborative blog. Eric and Rebekah are still deeply entrenched in the trial -- they probably will be for months, if not years -- and we figured we might as well give a factual insider’s look at what's going on.
Now, as a disclaimer: they're key witnesses, and as such there are certain things that they've been asked not to discuss with the media -- and they won't discuss them here, either. This blog is not designed to give a detailed account of everything that happened back in December. Instead, we merely intend to discuss the current events, from our unique point of view, and to correct any errors that come up in the news.
The world changed in the final weeks of December. The United States was shown, once again, to be susceptible to terrorism -- an entirely different kind than we've witnessed before. But more than that, this terrorism is home grown. It wasn't born from some foreign ideaology, but came from the heartland of America, and spread like a virus through all parts of society. The leaders are still on the loose -- and very little is known about their organization. The world isn't safe. We hope that, in some small way, this blog can bring a little hope to Americans -- the more we know, the better we can fight.
A few days ago, we were sitting around the apartment watching the news. (It seems like, with Davis studying journalism and Eric constantly being interviewed, we're always watching the news.) On this particular occasion, four commentators were sitting together, discussing the failing economy. Of course, the subject of Eric and Rebekah came up, and the commentators (particularly one smug reporter from Slate) kept getting the facts wrong. Here it is, four full months after the story was first told, and reporters, who do this kind of thing for a living, don't even know the story.
Shortly after that news program, the four of us (Eric, Rebekah, Davis, and I) decided to begin a collaborative blog. Eric and Rebekah are still deeply entrenched in the trial -- they probably will be for months, if not years -- and we figured we might as well give a factual insider’s look at what's going on.
Now, as a disclaimer: they're key witnesses, and as such there are certain things that they've been asked not to discuss with the media -- and they won't discuss them here, either. This blog is not designed to give a detailed account of everything that happened back in December. Instead, we merely intend to discuss the current events, from our unique point of view, and to correct any errors that come up in the news.
The world changed in the final weeks of December. The United States was shown, once again, to be susceptible to terrorism -- an entirely different kind than we've witnessed before. But more than that, this terrorism is home grown. It wasn't born from some foreign ideaology, but came from the heartland of America, and spread like a virus through all parts of society. The leaders are still on the loose -- and very little is known about their organization. The world isn't safe. We hope that, in some small way, this blog can bring a little hope to Americans -- the more we know, the better we can fight.
posted by Joseph Baxter at 5/01/2006
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