Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, media influencers

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Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, media influencers
By CAROLINE LINTON CBS NEWS April 6, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security posted a contract request this week for "Media Monitoring Services," which will compile a database of hundreds of thousands of journalists, bloggers and "media influencers" for the federal government. After an outcry on social media, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman tweeted "this is nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in the media."

The work request from DHS seeks a firm that has the ability to monitor up to 290,000 global news sources; ability to track media coverage in up to 100 languages and the ability to "track online, print, broadcast, cable, radio, trade and industry publications, local sources, national/international outlets, traditional news sources, and social media."

The news comes amid attacks on the media by President Trump, who frequently calls mainstream media outlets "fake news." Watchdog organization Freedom House said in its 2017 press freedom report that global media freedom has reached its lowest level in 13 years -- including attacks by Mr. Trump.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeland-security-seeks-media-monitoring-services-for-journalists-media-influencers/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Some of us tried to warn people about this.

Back when Shrub ( Cheney) created the Homeland Sec. Dept and put all the law enforcement under one umbrella, and we found that AT&T was siphoning phone calls thru a spy center in SF.
God knows how much that has grown, and now we just assume they are sucking up all data.

Of COURSE they want to use to consolidate power and control. That's what it obviously was going to lead to. And now it has.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. So Trump will use it to his advantage