Michael Totten
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| Michael J. Totten | |
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| Occupation | Journalist, Blogger |
| Nationality | American |
| Subjects | Middle Eastern Politics |
Michael J. Totten is a blogger who writes on politics in the Middle East, regularly reporting first-hand in mainstream publications, Web sites, and his blog, Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal. He describes himself as a "weird combination of liberal, libertarian, and neocon."[1]. In his blog, he also describes himself as an "independent journalist", while regularly exposing his thoughts in articles which often focus on Middle East conflicts. He supported the 2003 war in Iraq and generally expresses pro-Israeli views on the Israeli-Palestianian conflict.
Totten's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,[2] the New York Daily News[3], The Jerusalem Post, the Daily Star of Lebanon, Reason magazine, Commentary[4], LA Weekly, and the Australian edition of Newsweek.
Totten was voted the 2007 Weblog Award for Best Middle East or Africa Blog,[5] and previously was named Blogger of the Year in 2006 by The Week magazine for his dispatches from the Middle East.
[edit] Media embed with U.S. military
In late July of 2007, Totten traveled to Baghdad to embed with several U.S. Army units before transitioning to Anbar province and embedding with Marines.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Quick Poll", MichaelTotten.com; see comment timestamped "January 7, 2008 1:25 AM"
- ^ Book review by Michael Totten of Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict by Sandra Mackey, The New York Times, March 30, 2008
- ^ "Frontline Lessons from the Iraq Surge", Michael Totten, New York Daily News, August 29, 2007
- ^ "The Worst since 9/11", Michael J. Totten, Commentary, August 22, 2007
- ^ "The 2007 Weblog Award Winners", Kevin Aylward, November 9, 2007
- ^ "Iraq Trip Confirmed", MichaelTotten.com, July 5, 2007
