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Little Green Footballs logo Political affiliation Conservative Website www.littlegreenfootballs.com

Little Green Footballs (LGF) is a political blog run by American web designer Charles Johnson. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Johnson - who describes himself as "pretty much center-left before 9/11"[1] - transformed his blog's discussion of bicycle racing, programming, web design, and the occasional humorous news item into a very active discussion of the War on Terror, Islam, Eurabia and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Media observers have described the site as "right wing";[2] observes Johnson: I'm not pretending I'm giving equal time to both sides. But I do think what I'm advocating, and what I believe in, is the right side.[3]

For "promoting Israel, and Zionism" and "presenting Israel's side of the conflict," LGF won the "Best Israel Advocacy Blog" award from the Jerusalem Post in 2005 [4]. According to Gil Ronen, a reporter for Internet news outlet, Israel National News:[5] If anyone ever compiles a list of Internet sites that contribute to Israel’s public relations effort, Johnson's site will probably come in first, far above the Israeli Foreign Ministry's site.

In the United States, LGF is perhaps best known for playing a key role in raising doubts about the authenticity of the Killian documents regarding President George W. Bush[6][7], which preceded the resignation of CBS's Dan Rather. The site won the Washington Post's reader poll for Best International Blog in November 2004[8] and played a role in bringing attention to altered photographs in the Adnan Hajj photographs controversy.[9] In July 2008, LGF identified that photographs of Iran's nuclear missile test had been altered[10], and was credited by much of the media for this.[11] Contents [hide] 1 History and notable events 1.1 Killian documents 1.2 Charitable contributions 1.3 Pajamas Media 1.4 Doctored photographs 1.5 Awards 1.6 Name 2 Recurring themes 2.1 Ideological influences 2.2 "Palestinian child abuse" 2.3 Rachel Corrie 2.4 Intelligent Design criticism 2.5 Slang 3 Registration and posting protocols 3.1 Registration 3.2 Posting filter 3.3 Rivalries 3.4 Redirects 4 Claims and controversies 4.1 Claims of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment 4.2 Claims of censorship 4.3 Claims about Ron Paul 4.4 Claims about Vlaams Belang 5 Media attention 5.1 2002 5.2 2005 5.3 2006 6 References 7 External links //

History and notable events

The software for the website was written by Johnson himself, in PHP. Until Spring 2007, all data was stored in flat files. The website now uses MySQL.[12]

Killian documents Main article: Killian documents The animated GIF image created by Charles Johnson and posted at LGF, comparing a 2004-era Microsoft Word document made with default settings to the document that CBS presented as a typewritten memo from 1973.

LGF was one of four sources, along with the Power Line and Allahpundit blogs and the Free Republic