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"Propagannon" confirmed : Fake reporter in WH press conferences.
mr.Curmudgeon:
Chad,
"If such things were documented, they wouldn't exactly be effective, would they?"
So, in other words, you have nothing to back up your daming assertion?
You seem to take an extremely cynical view of things that are unfavorable to the Bush administration. I can't, for the life of me, imagine you being so banal about something like "Gannon" if he were created by Kerry and/or Clinton.
While I respect your opinion on a lot of issues, you seem to be justifying this behavior because "that's the way it's done". Do you advocate it then? Is it more "OK" since Gurkert liked Bush too?
I don't agree with anything you've said in this thread so far, and your statements aren't grounded in any kind of factual evidence. Here's some appalling/anti-American behavior staring you in the face and you just keep throwing out tin-foil hat level theories as justification.
Lots of people don't run because they don't care enough about politics to do so. Not everyone is corrupt, and those that are proven to be should be run out on the rails. I believe a system that's broken, can be fixed...
mrC
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on February 11, 2005, 03:36:02 pm ---Is this some kind of joke?
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Sadly, no. This is George W's America.
mrC
RetroJames:
After reading the Wash post, I will have to see alot more evidence of some kind that he is a plant.
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on February 11, 2005, 03:43:20 pm ---I will have to see alot more evidence of some kind that he is a plant.
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* Scott McClellan admitted in a recent press breifing that he knew "Gannon" was using a fake name.
* Despite his lack of journalistic experience, Guckert used an assumed name and was granted access to the elite White House Press Corps. His application for a press pass to the House and Senate galleries was rejected because Talon News shares ownership with GOPUSA.com and did not meet press pass standards. Yet somehow he was still given a daily press pass to White House Briefings for almost two years.
In a press briefing on Feb. 10th, White House Press Secretary McClellan claimed that Guckert was granted White House access because he "showed that he was representing a news organization that published regularly." (emphasis added).
However, Talon News came into existence on March 29, 2003. It was granted White House Press Corps access just four days (approx. 96 hours) later. During that four-day time period, Talon News published a total of nine "stories."
There are several FOIA requests for documents relating to Gurkett, I'm hopeful they will be able to follow this guys trail. Read this Media Matters link for more detailed info on this guys shady past.
mrC
fredster:
--- Quote ---This man, with the support of conservative organizations, was posing as a journalist for an illegitimate agency, using a fake name, and deliberately reporting misinformation about administration detractors,..
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I didn't see you get this upset with the fake documents in the CBS story. I don't remember you being taken aback at "moveon.org" that was funded by George Soros. Huh. Double Standard maybe?
But wait, this guy is on the RIGHT. OMG how could that happen?
The "scandal," supposedly, is that somebody who wasn't a Democratic party shill would be allowed journalist's credentials.
Talon is no more a "fake" news service than Salon.
As far as the left retaliation, I gues some 'journalists' just don't like to have their stories ridiculed. Especially in the White House Pressroom.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Guckert did not have a regular White House press pass but was cleared on a day-by-day basis to attend briefings and used his real name.
"He, like anyone else, showed that he was representing a news organization that published regularly and so he was cleared two years ago to receive daily passes just like many others are,"
What exactly was the question that upset you? That he said the Dems were "detached from reality?"
How many stories does it take to make a journalist? For some on the left it only took one or two. Salon.com is online and writes stories. So what? Who cares?
So in summary,
1) He had credentials.
2) He used his real name.
3) He is not a "plant".
Any questions?
--- Quote ---Sadly, no. This is George W's America
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I again tell you MrC, I share your pain. I had to go through 8 Clinton years so I know the frustration and disappointment of an administration I didn't like.
Unfortunatley for you, Dean did get the leadership of the Dems. So I guess you can kiss the next 2 administations off too. I'd blame that on Karl Rove. If he did that, he is the genuis we think he is.
That would make this a story. Otherwise, it's a total NON story.