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Just to kind of wrap this up:

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Easongate: Right-wing blogstorm battle tactics

By Rebecca MacKinnon, 02/04/2005 - 10:42pm

It's pretty clear that the Right is light-years ahead of the Left (or the center) when it comes to blogstorm warfare tactics.

In case you haven't followed the emerging "Easongate" flap, CNN's Eason Jordan said some controversial things in Davos about U.S. troops targeting journalists. Right wing bloggers and pundits are calling for his head, Rathergate-style. Hugh Hewitt, who just came out with a book on the power of blogstorms, is leading the charge. (For more on the situation see this, this, this, and this, for starters.)

I've decided to track the spread of "Easongate" online. From now on everytime I come across an online news item or blog post about this, I'm going to tag it in del.icio.us, with "Easongate." If you'd like to help track the conversation please tag everything you come across with the same tag. (For more about how to use del.icio.us tags see this tutorial.)

So far, most of the activity is on the right-hand side of the political spectrum, with center and left blogs plus non-rightwing MSM (mainstream media) largely silent.

They thought they were spotters for those firing on them..They were using binoculars.

http://www.nationalreview.com/tks/055682.html
Kerry Spot [ jim geraghty reporting ]
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CAN THESE ACCOUNTS BE HONEST IF THEY DIFFER SO DRAMATICALLY?

A point from Jay Rosen that those digging into and writing about Eason Jordan ought to consider:

Some of you guys have to decide what you want more — dialogue with those you call the MSM (where, for example, if a blogger asks for a statement a news executive will give a statement) or do you want the opportunity for denunciation at close range?
We among the blogs make an error if we think of this controversy as “The Pajamahadeen Ride Again.”

During the Rather spat, those bothered by the story faced a two step mission: 1) proving the memos were fake and 2) getting CBS to retract the story.

In this case, before anybody starts discussing what the consequences ought to be for accusing the U.S. military of murder without evidence, first those of us following this story have to demonstrate that Eason Jordan made that charge. It is vital to clear up whether this could be, as Jordan suggests, people in the audience misinterpreting what he said.

Let us, for the moment, put aside our views about media bias. I don’t care if Eason Jordan is liberal. I care if he’s a liar.

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Just looking thru the threads and thought you might find this of interest.