Pentagon Targets Blogs

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ralph Sierra <ralph.sierra () erols com>
Date: March 6, 2006 9:37:01 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Pentagon Targets Blogs

In what may be the understatement of the year, the Pentagon includes  
the warning that their actions may "sound ominous."  Not only are we  
paying to have favorable stories planted in foreign newspapers, but  
now we're employing professionals to post information to blogs.   
Question: Do you suppose when they blog they identify themselves as  
paid Pentagon informants?

"Pentagon Targets Blogs

"A new U.S. Central Command team, according to a news release,  
"contacts bloggers to inform the writers about any given topic that  
may have been posted on their site. . . . The team engages bloggers  
who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers  
who are posting incomplete information."

"While that may sound ominous, the release says the unit works with  
more than 250 bloggers "to try to disseminate news about the good  
work being done by U.S. forces in the global war on terror." This,  
says Army Reserve Maj. Richard Norton, has a "viral effect" that  
drives Web users to CentCom's Web site. The team's motto: "Engage."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/05/ 
AR2006030501190.html

Ralph Sierra



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