"The Voice of America (VOA) is doubling its Georgian language broadcasts in the wake of fighting between Georgia and Russia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. VOA's Geo[r]gian Service will produce a 60-minute program daily, up from 30 minutes, with news, information, interviews, analysis and reaction to the crisis in the former Soviet Republic. News is also available on the Internet at www.VOANews.com/georgian/. 'We want to make sure Georgians are fully informed about what's happening in their country,' said Steve Redisch, VOA's Executive Editor." VOA press release, 8 August 2008. -- See Kim's commentary.
     "After pressuring the pathetic Olmert government into suspending arms sales to Georgia in the faint suggestion that Russia might stop selling nuclear technology to Iran (which it will not) and intimidating the Voice of America into broadcasting a pro-Russian position-- Russia has begun the invasion of Georgia." Daniel Greenfield, Canadian Free Press, 8 August 2008.
     "Russian news authorities have released an interview with a woman who claims she is trapped in the basement of her bombed-out Tskhinvali home, with the body of her dead son beside her, following a Georgian missile attack. Russia Today, which is sponsored by the Moscow government, claims to have been contacted by Paeesia Sytnik by phone. She is reported to have said: 'The planes are bombing us. I am sitting here in the basement. Fire is raging above us. Let somebody come and help us.'" Scotland on Sunday, 10 August 2008.
     "The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Georgian Service reported that in Pot military boats of the Georgian armed forces were bombed, which led to death of at least two dozens of people. It also reported that infrastructure damage was also serious as a result of the air strikes." Caucaz.com, 9 August 2008.
     "Koba Liklikadze, a correspondent from Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty’s Georgian service, said: ‘Close to the artillery base, we saw a dreadful sight. Apart from the base itself, two apartment blocks were on fire. The yard was full of bodies.'" Daily Mail, 9 August 2008.
     "The U.S. taxpayer funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website published a ridiculous article by Echo Moskvy radio's Yulia Latynina, calling South Ossetia a 'terrorist state' and comparing the region to the PLO or Hezbollah statelets in southern Lebanon -- as if the South Ossetians were sending suicide bombers and rockets into Georgia." Charles Ganske, Russia Blog, 9 Augst 2008.
     "Can parties to the conflict attack radio and television stations? Military attacks on broadcast facilities used for military communications are legitimate under international humanitarian law, but such attacks on civilian television or radio stations are prohibited if they are designed primarily to undermine civilian morale or to psychologically harass the civilian population." Human Rights Watch, 8 August 2008.
     "In Tbilisi, a large radio and TV tower was blacked out early Saturday morning for fear of attack." Washington Post, 9 August 2008.
     "After the May 21 parliamentary elections - in which Mr. Saakashvili claimed a constitutional majority - television and radio stations were under threat. In fact, there is only one television station (Rustavi 2) left with permission to air any news at all. The station, as it happens, is owned and operated by the Georgian government. How convenient." Tsotne Bakuria, Washington Times, 10 August 2008.
     "Today, in his first interview on international television since the conflict in South Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told Bloomberg 'What we have here is a full scale Russian invasion of Georgian territory.'" Bloomberg press release, 8 August 2008.
     "This morning, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili took to the media to make his case. Saakashvili appeared on CNN American Morning just after 8:35amET, and was interviewed by Kiran Chetry in his first U.S. interview. He had previously been interviewed by BBC News and Bloomberg in the U.K." Media Bistro, 8 August 2008.
     'The potential war between Georgia and Russia was a top story on cable news before getting pushed off by the revelations about John Edwards' affair." Broadcasting & Cable, 8 August 2008.
     "As requested by community relay, the following is a report on the cyber war underway in parallel with conventional warfare. Many of Georgia’s internet servers were under external control from late Thursday, Russia’s invasion of Georgia commenced on Friday." Russian Business Network, 9 August 2008.