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September 25, 2003

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Talk Radio host Hugh Hewitt, in his book If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat lists his "starters kit of the most powerful blogs worth a visit every day: Lileks, Powerline, Kaus Files, Andrew Sullivan, Instapundit, Talking Points Memo, Evangelical Outpost, The Mudville Gazette".

Why Mudville? Here's Hugh in the Weekly Standard:

AS THE WAR enters a phase where most of the fighting is far removed from the networks' cameras, it gets harder and harder to find reliable news on the conflict's many fronts.

Unless you read the milblogs, that is. "Milblogs" is short for "military blogs"--online journals run by active duty military (some currently deplyed in a war zone) or reservists who have returned to civilian life for the time being...

The ability of the civilian world to access the news and views of the military directly is a sea-change in media. At the conclusion of his wonderful 1998 book, Making the Corps, Washington Post writer Thomas Ricks worried aloud about the increasing distance between the civilian and military worlds, and the divergence in the values of both. Part of that problem was that the world of the warrior was increasingly remote from ordinary Americans who don't have much contact with the military.

MILBLOGS ARE CHANGING THAT CONDITION, and having other far-reaching effects as well...

The mainstream media is noticing - Mudville has been mentioned on Fox News, USA Today, MSNBC, WaPo and CNN, as well as in a cover story in Army Times.

Blogs?

A recent Gallup Poll reports that over 40% of Americans age 18-49 read web blogs - and that number is growing rapidly. Based on surveys of readers most of that 40% are typical 'early adapters' - young, professional and influential individuals. According to the blog tracking site Technorati, there are nearly 8 million weblogs in the world today. The Truth Laid Bear's Blogospheric Ecosystem, the premier site for determining 'popularity' of blogs, lists 21,000. Mudville is in the top 100, and is the number one site in the world run by an active duty military member.

Greyhawk - pseudonym of the founder and main author - has over 20 years of service in the armed forces. (Note disclaimer in right side bar - this is a personal site and does not reflect official DoD policy, opinions, etc!) He has lived in several countries and many states throughout the US. Currently residing in Europe, His most recent deployment was to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In November 2003 Greyhawk founded the MilBlogs Ring - a group that has grown to over 1100 members (and is growing more rapidly than ever before) reporting from all around the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan. As the 'home' of the MilBlogs, The Mudvile Gazette is generally regarded as the place to go to see what's happening in the world of the military blogs.

Though fellow military members (from young people considering a military career to veterans of America's past wars) are probably more frequent visitors to Mudville than most other web logs, the site is (as Hugh Hewitt noted) more popular among civilians looking for insight into the military or reports from the frontlines of the war on terror. In fact, based on comments and emails received, Mudville's readership is representative of blogs as a whole. Run by a husband/wife team with three teenage kids, still another segment of readership 'tunes in' for commentary on books, movies and other aspects of American culture. Links from Mudville have sold thousands of dollars of merchandise at Amazon.com.

Global Reach, Global Power

The Mudville Gazette has experienced steady growth since it's founding in 2003. Well past the five-million visitor mark, the site has experienced over 1,466,013 page views in 07 alone, and we expect that number to increase significantly in the upcoming year. The vast majority of readers are from the US, but significant numbers are from other English-speaking countries around the world, and a growing number of readers visit from other nations as well. Over 150 countries have sent visitors to Mudville so far this year. (Other visitor statistics are available at the link.)

What others say:

Glenn Reynolds, MSNBC: "If you want a different perspective on these issues, you might look at some of the military bloggers, who often offer things that you won't get on the nightly news. Check out The Mudville Gazette for commentary and links to other military bloggers."

Michael Ledeen, National Review Online: "Greyhawk on the Iraqi elections. A masterpiece."

Jonah Goldberg in NRO on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal: "By the way, as far as I can tell the blog Mudville Gazette has done the best job following all of the timelines, developments, issues etc."

Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com: "IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN READING THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE LATELY, well, you should be.

Roger L Simon, mystery novelist and screenwriter: "...But over in Iraq now, Greyhawk is doing some thinking for himself... Who owns Greyhawk, btw, has anybody asked him? Oh, he owns himself."

Charles Johnson, LGF: "Greyhawk?s essays and photographs from Iraq are highly recommended, as an antidote to mainstream media?s constant drumbeat of doom and gloom."

Hugh Hewitt, on his blog: "Mudville Gazette --the blog of freedom" and "Mudville Gazette is the go-to guy"

K. J. Lopez, NRO: "Thanks for your service--both on the frontlines and online (to Mrs. Greyhawk, too)."

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