“Defense” is a lot of things, very little of which is war. Winning “hearts and minds” is a major component of DoD strategy, hearts and minds both domestic and abroad. Part of this campaign includes positive messaging. Call it propaganda if you like, but it is just good old fashioned PR: media relations, community relations, and now, blogger relations.
“Recent postings to Harpers.com (here and here) by Ken Silverstein suggest that the Pentagon is engaged in a propaganda campaign, managed by junior political appointees, to seed its message among conservative bloggers.” Via D-Ring
My dad was a Marine in the late 50s and I grew up in Hawaii, so maybe I am less reactionary when it comes to getting pitched by the Pentagon. I applaud the Defense Department for doing something so completely incendiary and potentially explosive as bloggers have a tendency to be loose cannons — we’re generally hard to predict. Kudos for even trying.
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No Comments » Posted on July 25th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
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