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To: seattleslough
Let's be honest here. Gannon is not a journalist. He has no history of journalism. Unlike the other press agents in that room, (regardless of their personal affiliation) he didn't work his way up through the ranks. (i.e. student paper, local rag, major paper etc.) He just showed up at the WH with a press credential from Talon News (which none of us has ever heard of until about a week ago, no?). His questions are not meant to illicit previously undisclosed information.

What with the Armstrong Williams scandal, the WH would be wise to avoid even the slightest appearance of shillery. Because let's face it, Gannon is a shill in the truest sense.

The last thing you are attempting to do in this post is be honest. You provide no evidence in your blanket assertions. Maybe you've never heard of Talon News (since you just joined FR yesterday!), but many of us have. I had the distinct pleasure to sit with Jeff over a year ago and watch him interview various conservative pundits - David Horowitz, Grover Norquist among others - and he did a thoroughly credible job. His columns are equally credible.

Where is the "journalist" licensing board? Where does one go to get to be a certified journalist? Why should we cede that title to only those on the left with a specific agenda to demonize and destroy the right? Do you really think the WH just hands out credentials? Go for it. When you get your White House Press Credential you come back here and tell us all about it big boy.

Shill! Now you're projecting Newby!

TS

69 posted on 02/01/2005 4:55:06 PM PST by The Shrew (www.swiftvets.com & www.wintersoldier.com - The Truth Shall Set YOU Free!)
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