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That Post Story About MilBlogs…

PostWatch nails it:

What do you suppose the Post would focus on in a front-page story titled The New Ernie Pyles: Sgtlizzie and 67cshdocs” by Jonathan Finer?
1. Milbloggers often complain that mainstream media is biased against the war and don’t report on the good they’re doing. This is their story…

2. Military officials earlier this year issued regulations on milblogs, and some have been shut down after reporting on casualties and antiwar sentiment among troops

3. Other blogs haven’t been shut down. They report on the horror of war.

4. I know, let’s run a sidebar featuring an Iraqi blogger with a “chilling 5,000-word posting” on being interrogated by U.S. forces.
PostWatch readers know they can skip “1″ and run merrily along to 2,3 and 4.

Mudville Gazette, briefly mentioned in the Post article, covers no. 1 a little better.

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