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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), meanwhile, asked McClellan today to “immediately release documents to my office relating to the White House press credentials of James D. Guckert, a.k.a. Jeff Gannon.”

Why is a senator in on this feeding frenzy ??

Several White House reporters told E&P they are concerned that Gannon’s ability to get into briefings, and even ask President Bush a question two weeks ago, suggests that it may be too easy for reporters to gain admission to the James S. Brady Briefing Room despite being from a purely partisan or bogus news organization.

I didn't know that news organizations were legally required to be neutral or non-partisan. Were that the case the MSM would be out of business.

"Virtually no one is not allowed in," said Gwen Flanders, a USA Today editor who oversees the paper's White House reporters. "Getting that [day] pass is a simple matter of passing a background check and working for a news organization." But she added that there is not as much scrutiny of the legitimacy of the news organizations: "Who is in the position to say who is not legitimate?"

If he's good enough to pass a Secret Service vetting, he's good enough to be in that newsroom.

But she added that there is not as much scrutiny of the legitimacy of the news organizations: "Who is in the position to say who is not legitimate?"

In my home town the Rocky Mountain News has a daily circulation of 289,000. That's down from 396,000 in 1999. Gannon claims Talon News had 700,000 readers from actively distributed lists.

Based on those numbers who deserves credentials?

Regards,

The Senator has no authority to "demand" such information.

It's nice, isn't it? The liberals can't handle a conservative using a biased slant, but it's okay for them to do likewise.

It would be interesting for President Bush to invite in only the "conservative" media one day. I'd like to see the mainstream media handle that one.