Comments on: Military considered an army of covert bloggers to ‘pass the U.S. message’ http://minnesotaindependent.com/3509/military-considered-an-army-of-covert-bloggers-to-pass-the-us-message News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Andy Birkey http://minnesotaindependent.com/3509/military-considered-an-army-of-covert-bloggers-to-pass-the-us-message/comment-page-1#comment-7578 Andy Birkey Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:16:10 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=3509#comment-7578 <strong>We shouldn't forget...</strong> the <a href="http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3578" target="_blank">overt use</a> of bloggers to spread military propaganda:<p><br>"During almost daily conference calls, bloggers and online journalists, including prominent Minnesota bloggers Scott Johnson and John Hinderaker of Power Line and Ed Morrissey Captain's Quarters, are connected with military personnel during the Blogger's Roundtable.</p><p><br>"The list of bloggers who regularly participate in the conference calls is overwhelmingly conservative and friendly to the goals of the Bush Administration," wrote Silverstein. "The government is picking certain people as 'surrogates' to the exclusion of many others and feeding them news."</p> We shouldn't forget… the overt use of bloggers to spread military propaganda:

“During almost daily conference calls, bloggers and online journalists, including prominent Minnesota bloggers Scott Johnson and John Hinderaker of Power Line and Ed Morrissey Captain's Quarters, are connected with military personnel during the Blogger's Roundtable.

“The list of bloggers who regularly participate in the conference calls is overwhelmingly conservative and friendly to the goals of the Bush Administration,” wrote Silverstein. “The government is picking certain people as 'surrogates' to the exclusion of many others and feeding them news.”

]]> By: Andy Birkey http://minnesotaindependent.com/3509/military-considered-an-army-of-covert-bloggers-to-pass-the-us-message/comment-page-1#comment-4281 Andy Birkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=3509#comment-4281 <strong>We shouldn't forget...</strong> the <a href="http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3578" target="_blank">overt use</a> of bloggers to spread military propaganda:<p> "During almost daily conference calls, bloggers and online journalists, including prominent Minnesota bloggers Scott Johnson and John Hinderaker of Power Line and Ed Morrissey Captain's Quarters, are connected with military personnel during the Blogger's Roundtable.<p> "The list of bloggers who regularly participate in the conference calls is overwhelmingly conservative and friendly to the goals of the Bush Administration," wrote Silverstein. "The government is picking certain people as 'surrogates' to the exclusion of many others and feeding them news." We shouldn’t forget… the overt use of bloggers to spread military propaganda:

“During almost daily conference calls, bloggers and online journalists, including prominent Minnesota bloggers Scott Johnson and John Hinderaker of Power Line and Ed Morrissey Captain’s Quarters, are connected with military personnel during the Blogger’s Roundtable.

“The list of bloggers who regularly participate in the conference calls is overwhelmingly conservative and friendly to the goals of the Bush Administration,” wrote Silverstein. “The government is picking certain people as ‘surrogates’ to the exclusion of many others and feeding them news.”

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