Media Notes from the Washington Post
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.”
Don’t these people have anything better to do, like formulate an exit plan that will
enable the u.s. to “disengage” from Iraq? — though I hope before leaving the kurds are rewarded for their courage during the first
desert storm and their marshlands are restored. If I remember correctly, that line item was cut from the this administration’s
restoration efforts — perhaps the funding for the Central Command’s blogging efforts could be redirected to this particular effort.
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Duhbya, the corporate CEO (of many failed
operations), has filled many mid-level positions with PR/Marketing flacks. This is another part of “making their own reality.”
Of
course, there is also a bit of spreading the “good news” in everything Duhbya does. peace, mjh