Israel's Accidental YouTube War

From the Danger Room:

JERUSALEM — From afar, it seemed like a well-crafted propaganda plan, plotted out long in advance. Turns out Israel's three-phased push to shape the images coming out of the Gaza war had a healthy dose of improvisation and happy accident, too.

The Israeli Defense Forces had largely shut the foreign press out of Gaza for most of its fight with Hamas that left more than 1,300 dead. At the same time, the military filmed its own videos and posted them on YouTube. It seemed to many observers — including this one — like an attempt to use the new, social media to do an end run around the old-school press. Well, not exactly.

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My Comment: I expect the U.S. and other military forces to follow this format very soon.