Friday, February 18, 2005

Corporate Media Begins Weighing In on Gannongate

So, the plot thickens in Gannongate...did he have a "hard pass" or "day pass" to the White House before Talon News even existed? For those who don't know the difference between the 2, a hard pass is much more difficult to obtain but w/it comes the priviledge of coming and going to Press Corps events at will and it has the journalist's name and photo ID directly on it, whereas a day pass is simply granted for access per that day and has no personal ID on it for the journalist. And while we are on the topic of obtaining WH Press passes, Maureen Dowd in the NY Times tells of her difficulties obtaining one under this Bush II administration...and she has been a journalist since at least 1986. So, the qustion that begs to be asked...who got, or planted, Gannon/Guckert in the WH? Did no one ask questions and demand answers about his credentials and/or the news organization he claimed (or perhaps didn't claim) he was working for? Well, it seems as though Ari Fleischer did have some reservations about Mr. Gannon/Guckert's appearances, and called Gannon's boss, Bobby Eberle, to find out what the deal was. Eberle, owner of GOPUSA and Talon News assured Fleischer that "they were not part of the Republican Party". Hmm, that's a blatant lie...Eberle served as a delegate for the 2000 Republican Nat'l Committee, and is a well known Texas Republican activist. Oh yeah...and he's a known anti-Semite, too, but then again, I guess you have to be if you want to embody the true spirit of the Neo-Con/Republican Party and fit in w/ Lott, Helms, DeLay, DeMint, etc... And hats off to NY's Rep. Louise Slaughter (D) for demanding answers from the WH on Gannongate. She says "STOP STONEWALLING!" Applause for the brass ones on Slaughter and Boxer...I guess sometimes it takes a woman to do a man's job and give this party a spine, huh?
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