Iraqi officials claim U.S. forces not in Baghdad yet American television images show otherwise -- StumbleUpon.com Launches New Service to Present Conflicting Points of View

Coverage of the war in Iraq has a natural bias depending on who tells the story. StumbleUpon.com has announced the launch of their Iraqi Conflict news service to present users with multiple sources from a variety of view points so that the full story may be obtained.

StumbleUpon.com has announced the addition of a new personal interests category to help users of the StumbleUpon Toolbar locate up-to-the-minute and uncensored information on the war in Iraq. The Iraqi Conflict category allows internet news seekers to locate Iraq-related resources with varying points of view.

"Despite the best efforts of journalists, there is a bias in the news coverage of the war in Iraq," states Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon Systems Architect. "It's important that we all have access to timely information on these issues from a broad range of sources. If we rely on a single source for our news coverage, we're not seeing the complete picture."

StumbleUpon gathers user-suggested web sites as well as multiple news feeds to present breaking stories from around the world. With a single click on the StumbleUpon Toolbar, users will locate Iraqi-related content as recommended by other like-minded web surfers.

"Our aim is to facilitate a greater democracy on the internet and in our media," says Camp. "We present Iraqi-related web sites that have been recommended by our users so the content is always fresh and covers a wide spectrum of opinions."

StumbleUpon is a free, personalized web surfing community which matches the preferences of users with the recommendations of other like-minded members. The StumbleUpon Toolbar, along with the Iraqi Conflict category pre-selected, can be downloaded at www.stumbleupon.com/iraq.html.