This morning on ABC’s This Week, host Christiane Amanpour interviewed the new Senator-elect from Kentucky, Rand Paul, about his plans once he takes office. In a departure from the Republican party line, however, he said he believes cutting spending from defense is a viable option for helping to reduce the national debt.

It appears that there is another news aggregator in the media business, but one of a very different stripe. The official newspaper of the Department of Defense Stars and Stripes reports that the Pentagon has been keeping track of reporters’ coverage of the US Military, grading them as “positive,” “neutral” or “negative.” This, despite strong denials from the Pentagon that no such “tracking” has been taking place.