Why is state department blog silent on Belgrade violence?
Belgrade is burning. "Tens of thousands" of demonstrators in the streets. [Including two men who enjoy mooning the helmeted law enforcement.] The United States embassy has been broken into, and several other embassies damaged as well. Lots of live video all over TV. So why is the blog produced by the U.S. Department of State completely silent on this? As of 2 p.m. EST, no mention whatsoever about what is going on. No analysis, no additional info, no list of links for readers to go to for history, understanding, etc. Silence. In fact, the last post is from three days ago.
At this hour, main State Department site has zip as well on today's events. You can read a daily press briefing, though. From yesterday.
Update: Notes from briefing posted later in the afternoon here at main site. Still nothing on state department blog. Which Municipalist believes is the perfect vehicle to post short updates on what is happening during an assault on an American embassy in a very dangerous corner of the world. As we all must wait for what we must settle for: a transcript from an official briefing.
Update II, the next day: Better late than never. But barely. The headline is just inadequate, to say the least: "U.S. Embassy In Belgrade Attacked." The world knows that by now, a day later. Give us more. The world wants more. The world is simply far, far ahead of the state department blog.

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