There's a new website up called Tehran Broadcast. Here's how they describe themselves: "This website aims to bridge the gap between English and Persian news makers, media, bloggers, twitters, etc. In particular, we try to bring first-hand news from Iran and present them in English. The entries of this website are written by people from Iran and translated by some 300 translators."
My favorite website so far on the current Iran crisis is the live blogging at the Huffington Post, but I've also enjoyed the live blogging at the NIAC (National Iranian American Council).
All three of these websites are doing something similar. They're collecting news and information from many, many sources and compiling them all in one place. You might call it "all-source fusion" if you were so inclined. These websites are getting information from Iran itself. They're getting videos, emails, tweets, text messages, phone calls, etc. That means they're in a very good position to understand the situation on the ground. They have news much faster than the major news networks, and their analysis is far superior as well.
In other words, don't waste your time watching Fox News or CNN. Click these links, watch a couple amateur videos, read a few emails from the protesters themselves, and understand what's going on. The Berlin Wall is falling in Iran, and for the most part the major networks are bumbling the coverage of it. The internet is where it's at for now.
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