The paradoxes of global news: Polis in Athens

When the riots kicked off here in Athens a couple of months ago, I learned a lot from the newspaper and TV coverage available from the international media like BBC and Aljazeera and a bit more from the newspapers. But it was the Internet and YouTube in particular which showed videos critiquing the official and mainstream media versions. Despite the language barrier, I ended up with a rich, Networked Journalism version of some complex events at the other end of Europe from me.