State Department Starts 'Dipnote' Blog

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Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The normally hushed corridors of diplomacy are about to get a jolt.

The State Department's first-ever blog was to go live on the Internet late Tuesday in a launch timed to coincide with the buzz surrounding the U.N. General Assembly. It upgrades U.S. foreign policy to Web 2.0 interactivity for the new electronic information age.

"Dipnote" aims to give Net surfers an insider's view of diplomacy and diplomats with informal, chatty posts from key senior players in Washington and abroad as well as a younger generation weaned on e-mail for whom traditional cable traffic communication is foreign.

Its first offerings are focused on the annual U.N. meeting in New York City and the role that the department's diplomatic security agents play in protecting the foreign dignitaries that swarm Manhattan for the event.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DIPLOMACY_BLOG?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-09-25-03-16-59

[ashling]

1. The Condiblog

emphasis on the "dip"

[rodeodance]

5. yes, see here-----CONDI IS involved:

"There's an extraordinary amount of diplomatic activity going on right now," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, who came up with the idea for a blog during a recent trip to California's Silicon Valley with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"It's a good opportunity to provide people with insight into what goes on here, what we're doing, why we're doing it and how we're doing it," he said.

[Teaser]

2. More like the Dipshit blog

given this crowd.

[mogster]

3. Another channel for disseminating propaganda

Youtube, google and numerous proxy blog aren't enough.

[ashling]

8. Catabulting through the tubes

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[rodeodance]

4. Keep the public occupied/Distracted with 'chatty' stuff!!

[tanyev]

6. Maybe they should have thought about that name a little longer.

[Javaman]

7. Can we contribute?

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