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February 02, 2005

Targeting Journalists

Greyhawk

Roger is right, this sort of stuff may be dismissed by most Americans who see the utter absurdity of it, but it plays very well to an international audience eager to believe that the US is the Great Satan, or something by which their Nazi forefathers might not look so bad in comparison.

I, of course, target journalists all the time. But I use words - the same weapons they do, so all's fair.

Update: Speaking of targeting journalists, in my humble opinion Iraqi and Military bloggers provided the real story of the elections in Iraq, as journalists wrote excuses why they were too frightened to be out on the streets. (So I suppose we could be accused of violating some sort of union rules, or guild rules, or something...)

The latest violations come from The Green Side and Red Six, who also provides pictures here, here, and here.

Update 2:

Here, the coverage of the Iraqi elections from military bloggers. CNN couldn't touch this.

The run-up

Dagger Jag is a military lawyer who's been in Iraq for about a year, most recently helping prepare for the elections. His posts here and here were the earliest I've seen on the topic.

Mudville's countdown to the elections was actually my look at what was going on compared to what was being reported in the media, and ended with my prediction of success:

Eight - Delivering the ballots

Seven - Fighting back against the insurgents, the story the media doesn't tell

Six - Pre-election rhetoric from the media and some American politicians

Five - Democracy comes to Iraq from Ukraine

Four - How to identify a defeated foe, and how the media treats them

Three - Is the left really opposed to democracy in Iraq?

Two - A GI's daughter speaks up.

One - Good vs Evil, and who's on which side

Americans Blogging election day in Iraq (This is the good stuff):

The Questing Cat

Red Six

The Jersey Cowboy