PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly:

"The media, in the modern era, are indisputably an instrument of war. This is because winning modern wars is as much dependent on carrying domestic and international public opinion as it is on defeating the enemy on the battlefield. And it remains true regardless of the aspirations of many journalists to give an impartial and balanced assessment of conflict...(more)."

Slashdot has picked up the item about the government intending to put a tax on computers that I mentioned on Wednesday night. You can read the slashdot discussion here.