Was Henry Morgenthau the founding father of Blogging?

Actually, no. But according to BBC news, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey could have used a blog as a means to let the world know about the Armenian Genocide.

In its October 25, 2006 “Blogs – the new diplomacy?” article, BBC news mentions that the expelled UN official from Darfur has a blog, and it is a good way to get the message (and himself) out of Sudan.

The report also mentions Morgenthau, who tried almost everything to let the world know about the Armenian Genocide. Not being successful with the State Department, Morgenthau sent communication to the New York Times. “The modern equivalent might be to set up a personal website and talk directly to the world instead of to journalists,” BBC writes.

Armenian agony

There was a famous case during World War I when the US ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, started reporting his conclusion that Armenians were the subject of genocide by the Turks.

"It appears that a campaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion," he wrote to the State Department.

His cables to Washington did not have much effect so he began to talk to the New York Times and other papers.

The modern equivalent might be to set up a personal website and talk directly to the world instead of to journalists.