This Friday and Saturday will be the 2007 Milblog Conference (which yours truly will be attending:)
and just yesterday, Noah Shachtman at Wired posted about an Army directive issued on April 19
Click here: Army Squeezes Soldier Blogs, Maybe to Death -
as Joe the Journals Editor notes Click here: Looks Like We'll Have Lots to Talk About at the MilBlog Conference
I've been a milblog reader for the past two years now, and if you are even a casual reader of milblogs.......I'm sure you've noticed that the directive that Shachtman posted about has caused a furor in the 'milblogosphere', to put it mildly.
While I think the directive is alarming, as I think it would be a huge mistake to silence the voices of our troops on the ground altogether, I noticed amid all the clamor on milblogs a few voices urging cool heads
Click here: A Most Serene Republic Blog: Now calm down
And here's what THE penultimate milblogger, Blackfive, has to say about it
Click here: BLACKFIVE: The END of Military Blogging
The Washington Post weighs in Click here: Soldiers Face Punishment Over Blogs - washingtonpost.com
and the inestimable Michelle Malkin has Two posts about this
Click here: Michelle Malkin: Army crack down on bloggers
2 comments:
I'm sure I'll have to peruse some of these link,s too! And, of course you're on tp of this and attending....... it's interesting, how to balance expression and personal communication and free speech, with truly needed security? -- Robin
Kathi,
It's Steve Field from the D-Ring... what a great round-up of the conversation on this topic. Quite an important discussion, and one that comes at a good time.
I'll look out for you at the conference. Look forward to meeting you!
Best,
Steve
The D-Ring
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