Posted on 02/09/2005 9:41:27 PM PST by conservative in nyc
The conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned yesterday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.
Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names. He has been under scrutiny since asking Bush how he could work with Senate Democratic leaders "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality." The information about Gannon was posted on the liberal sites Daily Kos, Atrios and World o' Crap.
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Gannon's resignation highlights the no-holds-barred atmosphere of the Web, which both enabled him to function as a reporter--his stories appeared on a site founded by Texas Republican activist Bobby Eberle--and produced a swarm of critics determined to expose him.
Among the domain names registered by Gannon's company several years ago, but never launched, were Hotmilitarystud.com, Militaryescorts.com and Militaryescortsm4m.com, along with Exposejessejackson.com. The bloggers also have linked to a since-withdrawn America Online photo of a man who appears to be Gannon, posing in his underwear, with a screen name bearing the initials "JDG." Markos Moulitsas, a San Francisco liberal who writes the popular Kos site, said of Gannon: "He has been extremely anti-gay in his writings. He's been a shill for the Christian right. So there's a certain level of hypocrisy there that I thought was fair game and needed to be called out."
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Several White House correspondents say they saw Gannon wearing what appeared to be a permanent White House pass with his picture and pseudonym--legal names are generally required because of the Secret Service background check--and that McClellan sometimes called on Gannon when he wanted a softer question.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Courtesy ping.
The Washington ComPost .. Home to a lost cause but barking away anyway
Maybe we should dig deep into a few of these leftist reporters like Dana Milbank, David Gregory, and a few others in the leftist media
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340045/posts
'Easongate': What did CNN's chief really say at Davos? I was there.
The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal ^ | February 10, 2005 | Bret Stephens
I wonder why Kurtz was so slow to mention this one...Hmmmmmm Seems he likes left wing blogs best...
Where is the video of this..Why is the MSM not demanding its release.
Still waiting for the Washington Post headline: "Dan Rather Resigns In Disgrace After Expose From Conservative Blogs"
Don't hold your breath :-)
Good thing they nailed him. The last thing this country needs is a reporter with a political agenda.
The Empire Strikes Back.
There is nothing surprising about the left using these tactics. It's all they know, and as usual they get by with a little help from their MSM allies who taught them everything they know about how to run an effective smear.
hey doug, what did you do with the autographed pic she sent you after that???????.........Hmmmmmmm
heavens NO.......LOL.......I've never heard of such a thing, aren't they all fair and balanced or something like that
Not that he's the first reporter to do so, but it really was pretty lame, even as a softball question.
I became physically ill.
It's fascinating how the MSM always manages to figure out what this Internet thingy is all about, when it comes to the art of the smearjob.
When it's one of theirs, MSM can barely explain the difference between blogs and forums, much less name them accurately.
Now that it helps their side, they've suddenly developed accuracy.
Yeah, where the world gets its news. They've finally tuned in to the MSM.
Sheesh
ROFLOL!
I suppose the lesson here is if you have something to hide, going in front of the public is the last place you should be. Mr. Gannon found out the hard way.
Not that we shouldn't do the same to the left, since they set the rule up, and they're much more likely to be cruising for homo one-night-stands anyway.
They just don't get it. They set up the rules, and the right can use them, too. And every time the right uses their rules and they try to ignore them, the left loses just a little more credibility. It's like calling people racist or sexist or homophobic. Crying wolf like that doesn't win friends...but it does influence people, who won't want you around them.
Why was Helen Thomas allowed to pose as a real reporter?
Government wanted to show the "ugliness" of news reporters.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighting Troops
LOL! That was a good one!!
I had to stop right there; no doubt where Howie, fresh off defending Eason Jordan, is going with this one.
lol.. what a bunch of pussies these "paragons of virtue" and practitioners of 'impartial' reporting have become.
You don't want a fair fight, you just want to be declared the winner by default..
Based on your backgrounds and track records, fuhgeddaboudit
According to the Talon News website, they are actively seeking candidates.
I would apply if I actually was through college and gone to a journalism master's program.
However, I have school to worry about still. Based on Gannon's background, it does not appear that previous journalistic experience is a prerequisite for the job.
and HAD gone
OMG; just OMG. There is absolutely NO level they won't sink to.
Speaking of softballs, Howie threw one at Eason Jordan this morning.
They seem obsessed with gays, don't they?
I recall them doing this same kind of smear job on Andrew Sullivan.
And it looks like they have Scot McClellan in their sights.
Really? Do tell.....
What exactly is there for Jeff Gannon to hide, since you seem so familiar with him?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338350/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338316/posts
Hotmilitarystud, heh. Well that explains the weird thread zotted earlier.
" What exactly is there for Jeff Gannon to hide,"
I must be missing something. What exactly did Gannon do that was so heinous ?
I mean other than being a conservative and asking a decent question at a presser, for once .
The White House Oppress Corps is nothing but a cabal of lefties who bait McClellan for that night's sound bite and quote- which is then dutifully taken out of context and distorted.
McClellan is like Lucy with the football, every single day.
Too bad Rumsfeld doesn't have a brother or son to come in and take charge of the briefings.
Oh, nice outfit!
They are floundering. Blind leading the blind.
I think tgslTakoma put it very succintly in this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340008/posts?page=1#1
Is an understatement!!!!!
And I am now to my pillow folks.....night all.
The ironic thing is, anyone who knew anything about "Gannon" knew that was not his real name. It's been known around FR for a long while, so it's not like they were busting CBS for faking up memos or anything.
They are fixated on gays, because many of the worst most radical lefties are gay. They claim they are only pointing out the "sexpocrisy" of (they claim) conservative gays.
One excuse is as good as another.
They're still fighting battles, with an expired arsenal, in a war they've already lost.
Nope .. remember Alan Keyes daughter? and Mary Cheney .. the Dkos was one fo the leaders in pushing that
And these people claim to by on the side of gays
Thanks, that's my 'cruising for dates' look.
As a serious comment, I would once again like to offer the WH some advice: cancel those stupid daily press briefings and just go directly to the new media. Those journalist shlubs need to start working for a living instead of eating catered lunches in the green rooms and having their material handed to them.
I forgot what they did to him
The article said that "The bloggers also have linked to a since-withdrawn America Online photo of a man who appears to be Gannon, posing in his underwear, with a screen name bearing the initials 'JDG.'"
I said "if you have something to hide, going in front of the public is the last place you should be. Mr. Gannon found out the hard way." Call me crazy, but I think photos of yourself in boxers or briefs qualify as something to hide. If you disagree, maybe you have some you'd like to share with the group.
My only familiarity with him is the article. If you inferred otherwise, my apologies for stimulating your imagination.
Atrios is a nansty little SOB
If I recall didn't the Dkos have to take down a thread about the military he wrote?
Well, you sure seemed pretty sure that photo WAS of him. What proof do you have for that accusation?
If you disagree, maybe you have some you'd like to share with the group
So you can't repond without a personal attack?
So Kurtz' only source....is the dailykos and some other web sites. The folks at the Howard Dean campaign admitted that dailykos' Zuniga was on their payroll. And it is shown true on Zuniga's company web site
www.armstrongzuniga.com
left side
So Kurtz runs with the basis of his story being mainly from the internet. Which is funny since, at first, he was against the memogate story ...based on its blogbase...and the memogate story had many other sources.
No shock...on another thread...someone posted this info that shows Kurtz may have been working with the folks at dailykos. (see below line). Keep in mind..what the dailykos poster wrote below...is factually wrong. The White House does not handle press passes. Those are handled by the Congressional Press Galleries.
I see a person's "sex life" is fair game when the left is trying to destroy someone. It's just not important to them when it's the freaking PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE OVAL OFFICE!
They sure are ignoring that story, aren't they?
Back biting, or somethign like that?
Yet another "photo" they claimed was him. Also on AOL.
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