In effort to widen propaganda story, Washington Post nets unpaid blogger
Ron Brynaert
A Washington Post article which combined coverage of a blogger’s embedment in Iraq with a story about military propaganda has sparked so much controversy that the paper’s ombudsman is “looking into it,” RAW STORY has learned.
Bill Roggio, a 35-year-old software analyst who lives in New Jersey with his wife and three young children, began blogging in March of 2004, primarily about the war on terror. While the military blogger ("milblogger"), a registered Republican, leans to the right, he doesn’t believe it’s fair that people are using him as a "political game piece."
"There really is nothing behind this story when it comes to politics," Roggio told RAW STORY. "I am just a guy that wrote about Iraq and decided to go and see it for myself. It’s corny, but it’s true."
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