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Gannons to the Left of Me: Bill Press Asks a Pro-Obama, Anti-Beck Question at White House
NewsBusters ^ | 9/2/10 | Tim Graham

Posted on 09/02/2010 5:48:16 PM PDT by Nachum

In 2005, NBC and MSNBC and CNN were up in arms that conservative “Jeff Gannon” was allowed into the White House briefing room by Team Bush to ask “questions other reporters considered softballs.” Up until now, liberal talk-radio hosts like Ed Schultz have been seated in the front row of Obama press conferences, but they didn’t ask softball questions. On Thursday, it happened. Liberal radio host Bill Press asked press secretary Robert Gibbs to denounce Glenn Beck’s attacks on the president’s “committed Christianity.” BILL PRESS: Robert, over the last four days, Glenn Beck has criticized the president for

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antibeck; gannons; press; proobama

1 posted on 09/02/2010 5:48:21 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

And Gibby still didn’t quite answer.


2 posted on 09/02/2010 5:56:11 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

“Up until now, liberal talk-radio hosts like Ed Schultz have been seated in the front row of Obama press conferences, but they didn’t ask softball questions.”

Huh? That is news to me.


3 posted on 09/02/2010 6:01:32 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Nachum


...Oh, you said "Gannons," non "Ganons." Never mind.
4 posted on 09/02/2010 6:05:40 PM PDT by Julia H. (This tagline for rent--Only $999.99/month!)
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To: cripplecreek

Bill Press has been a member of the Death to America media for a long time.

Just my opinion of course.


5 posted on 09/02/2010 6:13:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: Nachum

Bill Press is poster boy for the term “dork”


6 posted on 09/02/2010 6:43:12 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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