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Note To Bloggers: Gripe And Ye Shall Receive

The liberal blog Think Progress took the Pentagon to task yesterday for playing favorites at the roundtables it has been holding with bloggers this year.

[T]he Pentagon has reserved space almost exclusively for conservatives and military bloggers. ... Despite the regular frequency of the “Blogger Roundtables,” progressive bloggers or anti-war military bloggers are rarely featured. Furthermore, small blogs like that of Fox News anchor Griff Jenkins are featured on the calls while more prominent progressive blogs are not.

Apparently the gripe was all about the folks at Think Progress angling for access to future roundtables -- and they got it. "Since publishing this post," an update said, "ThinkProgress has been in contact with the Pentagon, and they have agreed to allow us to participate in the bloggers roundtables."

That's an encouraging sign. Now if the President Bush, members of Congress and presidential candidates will heed the Pentagon's example, maybe blogger conference calls will produce less fluff and more newsworthy stuff.

They will be far more worthwhile for the bloggers and their readers when that happens.

Posted by Danny | 08:10 PM

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