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Scandal in the Press Corps (Jeff Gannon)
Washington Post ^ | Feb. 10, 2005 | Dan Froomkin

Posted on 02/10/2005 11:33:49 AM PST by QQQQQ

Pretty much every day, Gannon got cleared into the White House briefing room by a press office that knew his real name. Press Secretary Scott McClellan frequently called on him during the mid-day briefings, using his fake name. McClellan was consistently rewarded with questions that -- in stark contrast from most of what passes for questions in that room -- were more expressions of conservative dogma than actual attempts to elicit information. Members of the press corps individually confronted Gannon and told him that he didn't belong there. But nothing more serious than that happened -- until Bush called on him at his televised Jan. 26 news conference and he asked a loaded, inaccurate question partly derived from a Rush Limbaugh joke.

In the ensuing days, liberal Web sites and an army of bloggers determined his real name, called attention to his lack of journalistic credentials, found a link to gay porn Web sites, pointed out how that ran afoul of his "family values" positions, and apparently hounded him into resigning.

Brooks writes: "Bloggers also discovered that several gay pornographic domain names had been registered through his domain.

"Guckert said he registered those domain names for a client while he was working to set up a Web hosting business in Wilmington.

" 'There are people out there who will turn people's lives inside out,' Guckert said. 'They tried to intimidate me, punish me. Then they tried to embarrass me, and they've done a pretty good job of that.' "

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gannon; jeffgannon; msm
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in stark contrast from most of what passes for questions in that room

Ahhhhhhhh yes...

Like THIS question that was asked on 2-1-05

Q Scott, last night, in an amicus brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justice Department came down in favor of displaying the Ten Commandments in courthouses and statehouses around the country. The question is, does the President believe in commandment number six, "Thou shalt not kill," as it applies to the U.S. invasion in Iraq?

21 posted on 02/10/2005 11:45:48 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: QQQQQ

Washington Post, eh?

Are there any credible sources that have run this story?


22 posted on 02/10/2005 11:46:39 AM PST by Fido969
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To: QQQQQ
It is nothing new for politicians to have 'plants' among the press corps to throw them slow pitchers right down the middle of the plate. We all know how many sycophants in the media that Clinton had in his press room.

However, there is no excuse whatsoever to credential a reporter under a fake name. This breech of security is not only a threat to the President but a further threat to an already corrupt media. If Clinton had a White House reporter using a Fake Name tossing his easier questions than ABC, CNN etc the right would be livid.

Conservatives have much more dignity than liberals and should not have a reporter promoting the President's agenda while also promoting the homosexual agenda under a fake name.

23 posted on 02/10/2005 11:46:57 AM PST by jsbankston
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To: Pikamax

It is legit question! So is the WH press corps only supposed to attack the President? They seem to be confusing attacking the President with reporting facts, but hey, its never stopped them before.


24 posted on 02/10/2005 11:47:27 AM PST by eyespysomething (Vous pouvez vous rendre au garde de securite!)
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To: QQQQQ
......in stark contrast from most of what passes for questions in that room -- were more expressions of conservative dogma than actual attempts to elicit information.

You know, I've watched a fair amount of these press briefings, and the above
describes Les Kinsolving's style rather than Gannon's........which leads me to
believe that this is more of a gay, vs. ideological outing.

25 posted on 02/10/2005 11:47:39 AM PST by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: All

I should note I can't remember who asked that, but I know it wasn't Gannon. And Scott didn't answer it, he just moved on to the next person...


26 posted on 02/10/2005 11:47:56 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: pissant

'If Gannon/Guckert was involved with gay prostitute websites, then I'm damn glad they ran him out of town!!!



Why do you immediately believe the proven liars?

Gannon/Guckert said he ran a domain registration business, NOT a porn business. He did the same, as what register.com does, register domain names. He said so, but of course, the MSM don't want to tell you the whole truth, just use enough of it, to create a false impression.


27 posted on 02/10/2005 11:48:36 AM PST by QQQQQ
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To: QQQQQ

Regarding Gannon's questions,I have a few times watched press conferences of Daschle, etc. on C-Span. The questions are EXACTLY like Gannon's to Bush, only from the left. The reporters feed the dems straight out liberal red meat and encourage the dems to make stronger and stronger accusations against Bush and the republicans. It's like watching an alternate universe in which the dems still run everything, the republicans are criminals, and the whole country is taken to be left wing.


28 posted on 02/10/2005 11:48:59 AM PST by Williams
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To: MamaLucci
and the above describes Les Kinsolving's style

LOL!

You can always tell Scott McClellan braces for Les's questions...

29 posted on 02/10/2005 11:49:46 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: QQQQQ

It is truly amazing what the media can found out if they are half interested. Yet, they(CBS) didn't realize they had fake documents?!? No biased journalism here.


30 posted on 02/10/2005 11:50:06 AM PST by housewife101
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To: QQQQQ

I call for a congressional investigation into the political affiliations and personal lives of all "journalists"! Yes, let's find out all the google searched, speculative, assumptive, dirty details of every person in America who call themselves a "journalist"!


31 posted on 02/10/2005 11:50:32 AM PST by MisterRepublican (Liberalism kills.)
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To: jsbankston

" If Clinton had a White House reporter using a Fake Name tossing his easier questions than ABC, CNN etc the right would be livid."



Clinton already had all the MSM throwing him soft questions.


32 posted on 02/10/2005 11:50:38 AM PST by QQQQQ
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To: QQQQQ

I think it is pretty funny that the compost can run an article about scandal in the press corps, and it NOT be about CNN's news executive falsely accusing our troops of deliberately murdering journalists in Iraq. The press corps is deliberately working with the enemies of both America and freedom. THAT is a scandal in the press corps.


33 posted on 02/10/2005 11:51:00 AM PST by blanknoone (Steyn: "The Dems are all exit and no strategy")
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To: QQQQQ

I think all the Bloggers need to start applying for day passes. If the Liberals in the press core act like THIS to ONE question that doesn't attack the President and disparages their heros with the Truth, I'd like to see how they handle an army of Bloggers turning the questioning on them.


34 posted on 02/10/2005 11:51:29 AM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: jsbankston

You are swallowing the MSM's lies.

Gannon did NOT promote any homosexual agenda, he had nothing to do with those sites -- he ran a business registering domain names -- no different than register.com. He said so and is quoted in the article. He had nothing to do with those sites.


35 posted on 02/10/2005 11:52:21 AM PST by QQQQQ
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To: QQQQQ

That's why my sentence began with "IF". If he is not involved with them, he needs to be a man and punch back.


36 posted on 02/10/2005 11:52:34 AM PST by pissant
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To: QQQQQ
I understand that the media are complicit with the Clintons and the Dem Party however, how can someone using False Identification gain access to the Press Room with the President of the United States?
37 posted on 02/10/2005 11:53:16 AM PST by jsbankston
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To: blanknoone

And look at the WPost's recent record, from DrudgeReport:

WHITE HOUSE BLASTS WASHINGTON POST -- AGAIN
Wed Feb 09 2005 17:25:59 ET

For the second time in less than a week, the White House has issued a rare public demand for The WASHINGTON POST to correct high impact stories about the cost of President Bush's domestic initiatives. The POST caved last Thursday after the White House savaged reporter Jonathan Weisman's article on Social Security (?Benefit Cuts Would Offset Contributions?). Not only did the POST run a correction, but Weisman wrote an entire story correcting his earlier account.

The bad blood boiled over again today when the POST led its editions with a story about Medicare costs by Ceci Connolly and Mike Allen (?Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion?). The White House issued a scathing attack on the story, coupled with a demand for a fresh correction. A second correction would be a major journalistic embarrassment for the POST, which the White House argues is providing ammunition to Democrats for use in baseless attacks against the president.



http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2005/02/09/20050209_230600_flash3wp.htm


38 posted on 02/10/2005 11:54:47 AM PST by QQQQQ
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To: QQQQQ
Gannon/Guckert said, that at some point he ran a domain registry business, and one of his client registered those name, not him, and he had nothing to do with the sites.

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So he just made money by hosting gay/porn sites. Ok, that's much better.

39 posted on 02/10/2005 11:54:47 AM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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To: jsbankston

He didn't use false information, he got his press pass using his legit ID.


"Gannon said yesterday that he had applied for the background check and White House daily passes under the name on his driver's license, not his ''professional name." He asserted he got no special consideration."



http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/10/reporter_tied_to_gop_quits_over_scrutiny/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News


40 posted on 02/10/2005 11:54:55 AM PST by Pikamax
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