Live Blogging At The Libby Trial...............

[babsbunny]

In an unprecedented event in the history of weblogging, two bloggers will be credentialed and seated at the trial of former Cheney Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

Rotating bloggers (one of the first being Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft) promise "fresh perspectives and gut reactions" as they'll be live-blogging from the trial, their access granted thanks to the efforts of Robert Cox at the Media Bloggers Association.

MSNBC's Howard Fineman, meanwhile, is concerned that the trial will expose an "unhelpful" side of the relationships between government and media, telling Hardball's Chris Matthews, "It's gonna lay out all kinds of details about how things work that are not necessarily going to be ennobling or helpful to us in the future."


http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Liveblogging_Libby_trial__0115.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. How long until mobile phones can stream video+audio to the net in realtime?

And would it be allowed in trials. Blogging is a good move forward but it distills down to "artist's renderings" instead of live video.

Unless of course this trial is broadcast live.

[leveymg]

2. Judge Reggie has refused requests to allow recordings.

So live-blogging is the best thing going.

By the way, any one heard of Media Bloggers Association? I haven't. They seem to have just popped up out of nowhere.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Cool; better than nothing.

I remember when Peter Gabriel wanted to arm regular people in abusive countries with video cameras in order to capture abuse and hold the nasties accountable. Streaming cell phones would work just as well.