Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Morning Gossip

I should still be in bed.
Remember "Jeff Gannon," the White House reporter who lobs softballs at Scottie McClellan when the other mean reporters won't let up with the real questions?

The "Jeff Gannon" who accused his colleagues of "working off the talking points provided by the Democrats" and then was found to have copied info directly from GOP documents and used it in his "news report"?

This would be the same "Jeff Gannon" who was subpoenaed in connection with the Plame investigation because he somehow obtained a copy of a purported State Dept. document which said that Ms. Plame had a hand in arranging the assignment to Niger for her husband (an allegation -- and document -- denied by the CIA).

Yes, we're talking about "Jeff Gannon, Washington Bureau Chief, Talon News" -- Talon News being the rinkydink wingnut "news service" chaired by the same guy who runs GOP USA (the wingnut site that is less upscale than Renew American, but slightly more professional than BushCountryUSA, and apparently run by various members of the Texas GOP).

Anyway, ever since it was revealed that "Jeff Gannon" is a pseudonym (even though he apparently gets daily White House passes issued in that name), bloggers have been trying to ascertain his real identity. Susan G. at Daily Kos (with the assistance of her readers) has been very energetic and organized in this endeavor, and has uncovered a great deal of interesting and suggestive info about "Jeff" and his associates.
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I suppose I should have read the sign over the Gateway to America: Abandon hope all ye liberals who enter. Only right wing patriots will prosper.

This "journalist" has no training in journalism and has simply been pushing the White House agenda, including being involved in probable illegal maneuvers and efforts to destroy careers of people who embarrass or disagree with His Slowliness the Dope. Even if he's not being paid like Armstrong Williams and the others who have been pimping White House domestic projects (he says not), this guy is no reporter and should be relegated to the 101st Fighting Keyboarders.

Update 2:00 pm Click here.

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