Posted on 02/09/2005 5:23:31 AM PST by MurryMom
Jeff Gannon
A Voice of the New Media
The voice goes silent.
Because of the attention being paid to me I find it is no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News. In consideration of the welfare of me and my family I have decided to return to private life.
Thank you to all those who supported me.
It should still not be rationalized away because lib journalists do it.
Why should one error cause someone to post that he is leaving "for the welfare of his family?"
We do not know what that means. I'll wait and see what shakes out from this story before passing judgement. But Gannon put the target on his own back by failing to check his facts - and once that target is situated, it can be very difficult to remove.
Like Yoda said, "....there... is..... another...."
Jeff Gannon may have bowed out, but others will be motivated by his actions. For every Gannon the left drops, 50 will take his place.
.....errrrrr.....
MurryMom is JimRob's pet troll. She's been here since 1998.
I thought I heard he (Rush) was gone all week.
Agreed.
And hopefully those 50 will learn from Gannon's mistake and realize that the MSM will be doing far more fact-checking on new media work than the MSM does on their own work.
The left set out to destroy Jeff because he made the mistake of showing up with the White House Press Corp, and didn't spew the traditional bile-laden vomit and throw feces on the President and the administration. And for that reason, he was fair game for destruction.
He was fair game to be followed; fair game to have business associates bribed; fair game to have anyone and anything around him called, questioned, investigated; fair game to be pick pocketed to discern his identity; fair game to stage a car accident with so as to obtail his real name; fair game for his family to be harrassed.
Its all fair game because the left is the party of hate, their ideology is hateful and their activity is motivated by their hate. The have no interest in diversity of opinions, their moving animus is to silence any and all opposion via the politics of personal distruction.
This episode should put fear in the hearts of any journalist in this country because if they step over the line, a group flying moon-bats will take them out.
The only goal here was to destroy another human being. That is what the left is about, destroying people who step out of line, kind of like Stalin and Mao did.
So, while it is unfortunate that Jeff was their victim, this is a useful opportunity to gain insight into the way the leftist mind (oxymoron?) works: their goal is complete conformity with their agenda by any means necessary and if a few human beings are collateral damage, no big whoop.
He finally loved Big Brother.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/
Yes, you are right. My mistake.
Ok it seems you are hung up on one quote, but what about the subject of the question.
Which was that the democrat leadership basically are saying the economy is in the toilet, while saying social security is fine.
Is the above false or a good description of the current democrat talking points.
Whether on the right or left, no matter what questions they're asking, journalists have developed a hugely inflated sense of their own importance.
I don't excuse error. However, Jeff doesn't have a pattern of making errors, unlike many in the MSM (most of which I don't think are errors, but rather deliberate).
There is more to this story than an unchecked fact.
He is, he's playing a pro-am golf tournament somewhere and probably was scheduled a long time ago.
Check the dates on her posts. She rarely sticks around for too long.
The problem is, the quote in question was false. The journalist did not do his fact checking. I don't care if you are MSM or new media, that is a big no-no.
Which was that the democrat leadership basically are saying the economy is in the toilet, while saying social security is fine. Is the above false or a good description of the current democrat talking points.
Ah, so this is your variant of the CBS "documents make not be real but the underlying story is true" defense?
Hmmmmm... good questions...
Your average Moonbat can't see too clearly..
What crystal ball is she fondling.?.
Because if that is indeed what happened, we need to find out WHO did it to him.
Like heck - we've been shooting at them big-time.
I don't excuse error. However, Jeff doesn't have a pattern of making errors, unlike many in the MSM (most of which I don't think are errors, but rather deliberate).
How do we know that? If he was sloppy once, was he sloppy other times?
There is more to this story than an unchecked fact.
Agreed. Which is why I am commenting on what we know, but waiting to pass final judgement until we get more information.
MurryMom is a TrueBelieverTM. What, might you ask, is a TrueBelieverTM? I'll give you an example: During impeachment, Clinton was about to admit to having an affair with Lewinsky. On the day he was about to admit it, a woman caller called into the Imus show. "I know he didn't have an affair with Lewinsky," she bloviated, "I don't believe a THING those lousy Republicans are saying about our President! I just DON'T BELIEVE THEM!"
Imus stopped, caught up a little short by her vehemence, and said, "Um, ma'am, Bill Clinton is about to admit it in about 2 hours."
She shrieked even louder, "I DON'T BELIEVE HIM! I *KNOW* IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! WHY DO THEY LIE????"
That, my friend, is a TrueBelieverTM. And MurryMom is a member of this elite club.
"Journalist" is a nice, vague term, that can be narrowed or widened in scope, depending on the goal of the speaker/writer.
The description, " journalist"
It's a very handy tool.
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