Posted on 02/10/2005 1:36:52 PM PST by areafiftyone
WASHINGTON, DC -- In light of yet another scandal involving the Bush administration's manipulation of the media, United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today requested from White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan all the documents relating to the press credentials of James. D. Guckert, a.k.a. "Jeff Gannon"; the "journalist" now famous for being the White House correspondent for his softball questioning of President Bush and various Administration spokespeople.
"I am writing to request that you immediately release documents to my office relating to the White House press credentials of James D. Guckert, a.k.a. "Jeff Gannon." Specifically, I am seeking documentation related to the question of which name Mr. Guckert/Gannon used when applying for credentials, and which name was on the official White House press credentials he received," wrote Lautenberg.
"As you may know, Mr. Guckert/Gannon was denied a Congressional press pass because he could not show that he wrote for a valid news organization. Given the fact that he was denied Congressional credentials, I seek your explanation of how Mr. Guckert/Gannon passed muster for White House press credentials," Lautenberg wrote.
Senator Lautenberg has been the Senate leader in exposing the Bush administration's propaganda efforts.
February 10, 2005
Scott McClellan Press Secretary The White House Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. McClellan,
I am writing to request that you immediately release documents to my office relating to the White House press credentials of James D. Guckert, a.k.a. "Jeff Gannon." Specifically, I am seeking documentation related to the question of which name Mr. Guckert/Gannon used when applying for credentials, and which name was on the official White House press credentials he received. Additionally, I am seeking documents indicating whether Mr. Guckert/Gannon received a "hard pass" or daily passes from your office. Despite your assertions to the contrary, at least one White House reporter has revealed that Mr. Guckert/Gannon appeared to have "hard pass" credentials.
As you may know, Mr. Guckert/Gannon was denied a Congressional press pass because he could not show that he wrote for a valid news organization. Given the fact that he was denied Congressional credentials, I seek your explanation of how Mr. Guckert/Gannon passed muster for White House press credentials.
I have led the effort in the Senate to investigate a number of instances of troubling propaganda efforts by the Administration. The Government Accountability Office has agreed to my requests to investigate various attempts at media manipulation: fake television news stories touting both the new Medicare law and the "No Child Left Behind" education program; a study rating individual journalists on their "favorability" to Republican education policies; and the payment to journalist Armstrong Williams.
Since the Armstrong Williams controversy became public, Administration payments to two other journalists, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus, have come to light. Given the backdrop of these scandals, coupled with Mr. Guckert/Gannon's role in recent White House press briefings and press conferences, it is understandable that the circumstances of Mr. Guckert/Gannon's credentialing have raised suspicion.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely, Frank R. Lautenberg
But we need to keep speaking up.
Gannon has asked exactly one question at a Presidential press conference and that was on January 26,2005, and now here we are. (and I'm sure Olbermann showed that one question, too).
Where did Olberman get all those clips??? He must have aired 10.
Wolf listed the story...it looks like it will be towards the end of the show.
Could you imagine if we did that to say, Terry Moran, David Gregory or John King from CNN
They would rip us apart for stalking and harassments
A bunch of far left loons do it ... and Keith Oberman and Dana Milnank from the WP praise them and encourage them to keep it up
I'm really bad at this, Fox New is on channel 70, history channel is 50. Don't ask me where anything else is! Remember, I'm from the old days, no remote, had to get up to turn the dial to the 3 networks, and one UHF channel. Oh, there was pbs, but no one watched that.
Nice try Lat, but FOIA does not apply to the WH staff.
True enough.
This smells on so many levels that it ain't funnyZotted Freeper n00bie "ainitfunny" resembles that remark. :^)
I saw it .. it will be on
release of one's IRS information probably is a felony (not that I'm a lawyer... I don't even play one on tv .. but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night)
Are there 2 cnn channels? I'm not seeing him at all.
One is regular CNN
The other is Headline news .. not the one with Wolfe's show on it
Just who in the blue hell died and made you the Overlord of all the world????
Welcome to FR
No, that would be you.
Is a wolf blitzer grey and in need of a shave? I think I found it. Duh, I'm such a putz.
LOL!!! .. that's the right channel
It could be but it's also part of the Democrats planned attack. Notice Lautenberg's reference to Bush propaganda? Biden used the same word in a Rolling Stone article regarding the number of trained Iraqi troops. (When asked why he kept claiming only 4,000 why the administration claimed 100,000+ he said it was part of Bush's propaganda.) Every issue now is about Bush's lies and propaganda, from the budget, to Social Security, to Iraq. It's a strategy.
Is that ozone I smell on the wind?
Meow.
}:-)4
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