Since I spent a chunk of my last blog entry crabbing about the war in Iraq, I thought I’d link to a story on a war that I think was a good idea — even if we haven’t given it the attention it deserved: the war in Afghanistan. The Christian Science Monitor has an article entitled: Kabul’s must-see TV heats up culture war in Afghanistan. The Christian Science Monitor, by the way, is a great source of foreign news. Another hallmark of the paper is its independence. It doesn’t tend to follow the journalistic pack in the way that so many papers do.
The linked article is about Tolo TV:
in a pop culture as barren as the mountains here, Tolo’s mix of MTV-style shows and hard-hitting news programs has turned the up-and-coming network into an entertainment oasis.
Today, it’s a kind of must-see TV that has government officials leaving work early to catch their favorite show. But it’s also a lightning rod for Afghan critics who see the station as a threat to the country’s Islamic values.
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