Conservative Reporter Resigns Amid Controversy (NPR joins all-out war on conservative reporters)

NPR - All Things Considered ^ | February 9, 2005 | David Folkenflik

[tgslTakoma]

All Things Considered, February 9, 2005 · A reporter for the conservative news site TalonNews.com resigns. The reporter, who went by the pseudonym Jeff Gannon, drew critical attention at President Bush's Jan. 26 press conference when he referred in question to Democrats "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality" on the issue of retooling Social Security.

Liberal bloggers have disclosed that Gannon, who has little previous journalism experience, was easily granted a coveted White House press pass -- even though he did not work for a traditional or established news organization. He also routinely asked "softball" questions at press conferences. There are also allegations that Gannon is linked to Web sites with homoerotic themes.

Gannon spoke with NPR's David Folkenflik the day before he resigned. He says he is open about his conservative point of view, but that he is just as valid a journalist as other reporters in the White House press corps.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"They want war. Bring it on."

OMG, I just had a flashback to the 2000 campaign, and a woman we knew then as "Blood and Guts Marple" used give as little pep talks!

[bray]

Time for payback, take away their hammer and chisels!!!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighting Troops

[kcvl]

It is right above this...

Scott McClellan
Assistant to the President/Press Secretary
Office of the Press Secretary
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
Room #WH/1/WW
Washington, D.C. 20500

in this post...

http://georgia10.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/7/203035/3282

[kcvl]

It looks like a Pansy Parade, doesn't it?

ROFLOL! As a matter of fact, YES!

[kcvl]

I think I read somewhere that Jeff has forwarded emails to the authorities for an investigation. I hope he did! They need their little brain dead *sses beat all the way to jail.

[rwfromkansas]

Ah, true. But, that would be a job to die for.

[Gabz]

I myself have quite a few "admirers" at other sites.......LOL.........at one time half the people at LP had "Howlin" in their nicknames

I'm sorry I'm giggling, but that's funny. There are apparently more people out there than we realize with no lives.

The one dingbat, refers to me as "gagz" even though I don't use "Gabz" as my posting name on that message board. I've actually gotten grief on FR about hiding behind a "fake cybername" or some such nonsense. Interestingly, that poster never responded to me again after I asked how could a name that I have been called since before I could even talk was a fake cybername!!!!

I was about 17 before I stopped saying to people my name is Gabz, not Gabrielle.........as a kid I HATED my name.

As for those out there without lives, I would rather they focus on me than some poor someone without an alligator hide.

[Gabz]

I'm with you all the way on this.

[Howlin]

His name is James Dale Guckert.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1340055/posts

[Gabz]

I would love that job - that was the job I was looking to eventually get when I went into the "biz".......I landed political reporter in the state capitol in my first job.


I owuld love that job - but I can't do it from a 4 hour drive away. sigh....

[unsycophant]

Do not forget that the little snot "Kos" was a paid blog-operative for Dean.

The Gannon issue is being driven hard by the gay left.


What tools.

[Psycho_Bunny]

lol....Did they do an article about the reporterette who was traveling with Kerry's press pool setting up questions for Kerry about things like "President Bushes fantasyland" attitudes towards Iraq, etc?

[ArmyBratproud]

It seems that Gannon has had threats made against him and his family.

Which just shows how far some of the liberal press folks and the democrat party friends will go.

I would not be surprised if Olberman was making phone calls to his house.

I saw the end of Olberman's show tonight. After(during the show) he made up the part of searching for Gannon's name on Talon News (THERE IS NO SEARCH OPTION AT TALON)and saying that was how he found out that they scrubbed his articles from archives (THE ARCHIVE SECTION STATES...COMING SOON)...

At the end of his show...he had this very imature and mental/unstable thing with him superimposed on an Oreilly set.

Olberman has some issues.

[Howlin]

Do not forget that the little snot "Kos" was a paid blog-operative for Dean.

Oh, I had forgotten that!

[Gabz]

It seems that Gannon has had threats made against him and his family.

That has been my defense of him.......I've been there, it's scary. I don't blame him a bit for being real quiet right at the moment.

Olberman

I've never seen his show - if I remember correctly it's on a station that my cable blessedly doesn't carry in this area....VBG!

[voteconstitutionparty]

"Web sites with homoerotic themes." Sponge Bob Square Pants?

[Mo1]

Do not forget that the little snot "Kos" was a paid blog-operative for Dean.
Oh, I had forgotten that!

I haven't and notice the media/print skipped right over reporting that bit of information

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

So after promising to take down Sean Hannity just like they took down Rush ( and failed ) this is the best they can do?

[Mo1]

Very Good Post!

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Oh, I had forgotten that!"

So, is this the opening artillery from the Dean DNC? Does that mean that the Hitlery faction and the Dean faction have "kissed" and made up?