I Had a Dream

I had the idea. The market was definitely there and needed to be filled.

One of the military’s new wartime challenges is dealing with global media that can instantly spread around the world information that may be false or damaging to U.S. interests, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday.

I just missed the boat. Looking at the result, I’m cool with that.

Inspired by the recent atrocious performance of the mainstream media, I had a thought over the weekend for a new website. I had hoped to gather a group of military veteran bloggers to contribute to a new site, with the planned intention of serving as a counter to negative coverage in the media. I came close to sending out an email to members of my blogroll like Eric, Guy and another Eric.

I even looked into a possible URL, thinking Covering Fire would be a supportive site name that said, “Hey, guys, we’ve got your back.” It turns out some rock dude has coveringfire.com. I didn’t check to see if he was worth a damn, tied as I am to dial-up at home.

Anyways, it seems my dream has been pre-empted by bigger names in the blogosphere. Blackfive brings the news that a new site has been launched with the same purpose, though not with the plan of contribution exclusively by military veterans.

The goal of Media Slander is to hold journalists and bloggers to high ethical standards regarding coverage of the War on Terror and other military-related issues. We plan to achieve this by highlighting bias, rumor and falsehoods that have been creeping into military coverage under the guise of objective news.

Looking at the bright, shiny new Media Slander, I feel no bitterness that my dream was achieved by others. The goal is, by far, the important matter in this case.