(Oh, yeah, I guess it wouldn't be with the newspaper industry imploding)
"A team based in Kabul will update and maintain the sites and watch for false postings that evade the password protections. US troops already scour websites, respond to questions from individuals, and rebut what the military considers to be false information."
This is what OUR TAX DOLLARS are PAYING FOR?
So the MILITARY can TROLL the WEB?!!!!!"
Just ONE MORE REASON NOT to trust Twitter!
"Twitter. As I understand it this is some kind of a text messaging forum for people with bubblegum where their brains used to be."
Also see: Twitter and Life in the Shitter
Reason #368 to Not Trust Twitter
The Boston Globe is All aTwitter!
"US adds Twitter to media arsenal in Afghanistan" by Jason Straziuso, Associated Press | June 5, 2009
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Naivete or Disingenuousness?
And now TWITTER is in the STABLE!
KABUL - US and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak Province, the US military tweeted on Monday.
That's right. The military "tweeted" the news, sending it worldwide on Twitter, the social networking site, hours before making the formal announcement to the media.
The US military is putting Twitter, along with Facebook and YouTube, into its arsenal of weapons for getting out its side of the Afghan story, reaching the online generation and countering the Taliban's own fast-growing website and text-messaging skills.
You mean JewTube, don't you?
Also see: De-Frocked and De-Friended at Facebook
And the ACUMEN of the TALIBAN TWEETING from CAVES, huh?!!!!
Gimme a break on the POOR, PIOUS Taliban and their WEBSITES, will ya?
The LIES are SO HUGE as to be QUITE BEYOND BELIEF!
This is why you are LOSING $$$, MSM!
People DON'T WANT to READ THIS SHIT!
Hell, I DON'T WANT to READ this shit!
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"Afghan & coalition forces killed four militants & detained two suspects in a Wardak Province operation targeting an IED-network commander," said a military tweet Monday, coming in just under the 140-character limit for such messages. IED is shorthand for a roadside bomb....
You guys gonna "tweet" the CIVILIAN CARNAGE?
I'm sorry, I didn't get that.
"There's an entire audience segment that seeks its news from alternative means outside traditional news sources, and we want to make sure we're engaging them as well," said Colonel Greg Julian, the top US military spokesman in Afghanistan.
Yeah, except WE WANT the TRUTH, not some HORSE SHIT MILITARY LIES, sir!!!!!!
But the limitations of military tweeting were quickly laid bare when it was announced Monday that four US troops were killed in two separate roadside bombings. Those troops were under NATO command, which would have to approve an announcement on the US military's Twitter page.
Translation: You will ONLY be getting the "GOOD TWEETS," pffffffffffttt!
Besides tweeting, the brass are also encouraging troops to post stories and photos on websites to portray daily life in Afghanistan and highlight development projects that may not have made the news. Julian described it as "an unfiltered opportunity" for public interaction with troops.
Yeah, and WHY WOULDN'T IT BE on the NEWS?
Wouldn't they be TRUMPETING PROGRESS like they do in Iraq?
I think you know the answer to that question.
Many military commands and individual troops already use social networking sites. But the effort in Afghanistan is the first to harness the power of such sites for spreading information from an active war zone.
Or DISINFORMATION as the case is, MSM.
Not all the Facebook posts have been promilitary, and officials say no criticisms will be suppressed provided postings are free of hate speech or sexual or otherwise offensive material.
There is your censorship excuse!
And what were the "antimilitary" posts, MSM?
How come you don't tell us, you lying war-mongering f***s?
A team based in Kabul will update and maintain the sites and watch for false postings that evade the password protections. US troops already scour websites, respond to questions from individuals, and rebut what the military considers to be false information.
Now you know why I don't allow comments (that and the fucked up tools)!
The military has recruited professional journalists for their effort, including Matthew Millham, 31, of New Paltz, N.Y., a former reporter for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Now an Army staff sergeant, he reads blogs several hours a day and responds to posts.
Ever hear of Operation Mockingbird?
You just caught another one, readers.
Navy reservist and Lieutenant (j.g.) Tommy Groves, 33, of Jacksonville, Fla., is a former CNN producer who helps update Twitter. "When you're able to connect with the people directly, out of the mainstream, it can be powerful," Groves said. Asked if this was a way of bypassing mainstream media, he said: "I don't think we're bypassing anything. This is just another avenue to reach another audience."
That's QUITE an ENDORSEMENT of CNN, huh?
Readers, the BLOGS have WON, and even if they shut us down THAT GENIE AIN'T GOING BACK in the bottle!
US officials here have long fretted that the military is losing the information war to the Taliban, who they say routinely inflate their own successes and American failures on websites and in chat rooms frequented by Taliban sympathizers.
Pot, kettle....
And doesn't it strike you as odd that the GREATEST PROPAGANDA OPERATION on EARTH -- the U.S. STATE MEDIA -- is COMPLAINING?!!!!
Much of the new plan was hatched by Navy Lieutenant Adam Clampitt, a 34-year-old reservist from Washington, D.C. He pointed out that 74 percent of Americans ages 18 to 35 use Facebook.
Though the Facebook site is still in the testing phase, it already has attracted several thousand members, including parents of troops.
Another reason not to "Face Up," if you will....
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Amurkns are SO OUT OF IT they don't even know they are being propagandized!
And if you don't think the agenda-pushing MSM is pushing Shitter, 'er, Twitter:
"Senator chides Obama on healthcare" by Associated Press | June 8, 2009
WASHINGTON - Using Twitter, the Internet-based social connection service that allows users to send mass text messages called "tweets," the Iowa Republican issued two angry "tweets" yesterday morning as the president wrapped up an overseas tour....
Then's he's a hater! He was angry; he's a hater! Lock 'em up!
A White House spokesman had no immediate response yesterday to Grassley's Twitter commentary....
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"Senator Grassley: Leave twittering to teens
Technology has given wings to impulse - and that can be a mixed blessing. Case in point: Republican Senator Charles Grassley and Twitter. The ranking minority member on the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley has a reputation as a commonsense lawmaker. But then came Twitter. Last week, the 75-year-old senator fired off some, um, thoughts like these: "Pres Obama, while u sightseeing in Paris u said 'time to delivr on heatlhcare' When you are a 'hammer' u think evrything is NAIL I'm no NAIL." No, indeed, no nail he. But lest he be thought a pinhead, Grassley might want to leave twittering to celebrities and teenagers.
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Actually, that may not be a good idea, Globe:
"Students to be warned of 'sexting' dangers
Students in some Massachusetts and Rhode Island schools will be warned this week about "sexting" and other cyber dangers. Today, law enforcement officers will gather at New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School for training from specialists on Internet safety. A student assembly will follow. "Sexting" is the term given to the sending of sexually explicit photographs over cellphones.
I grew up at the wrong time.
Recent, highly publicized sexting cases have involved children as young as 13.
Oh, that's gross!
Student seminars also are scheduled this week in Attleboro, Lynn, Lawrence, and Mansfield, along with Cranston and Pawtucket, R.I. Other topics will include cyber bullying and identify theft (AP)."
My tweet to the Globe? F*** U!!!!
I'm not the only one noticing:
"Twitter.... The hype is mind boggling.... I have never seen anything like the Twitter epidemic. Look at how many times it now appears in any article in the MSM. It generates no real income yet it is benefiting from free publicity like no other item of the type has ever received before."
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Here's MY TWEET:
PFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!!!
