Posted on 02/17/2005 3:59:09 PM PST by cyncooper
And E&P sure is coming off like the pot calling the kettle black here, harping on Talon News and if they are a "real" news site. Check out the snarky attitude present throughout this piece.
Ari spoke with E&P today. He echoes what McClellan has been saying. The Press Secretary does not get involved in guarding the gate to the WH briefing room.
Something smells fishy here. I am beginning to suspect that E&P is related to David Brock and Media Matters.
Ari Fleischer has spoken about the Gannon issue and makes some very commonsense comments.
I heartily recommend reading the entire thing.
Good answers from Ari though. I miss him.
But it's OK to call on reporters that you know have a Democrat/leftist agenda.
Why are Republicans so worried about appearances? Obviously the Democrats aren't?
Read the whole thing. Evidently when Gannon first attended his employer was called "GOPUSA", so Fleischer made sure it was not related directly to the party and once satisfied it was not, he resumed calling on Gannon.
E&P speaks for editors and publishers of newspapers and magazines. A website doesn't necessarily have either. Nor does a website buy newsprint by the carload or ink by the barrel.
Ergo, E&P doesn't have a clue what they're writing about. And it shows...
Gotta love how the leftists are getting a free "bash a homo" pass from the homosexuality community.
Kinda like the NOW gang when the topic was Juanita, Kathleen, Paula, etc.
This is the most pathetic non-story I've ever seen, and I can only laugh at the Democrats wasting so much time on it. I asked everyone in my office today if they heard about the "Jeff Gannon story," - not a single one had.
The Dems are idiots if they think they can get any traction with this dumb ass story.
Why are Republicans so worried about appearances? Obviously the Democrats aren't?
It seems to be working big time at the DU.
Fleischer did the right thing. In fact, his answer puts the lie to the hyperventilating the left has been spreading about Gannon being a "plant".
I then ask this question. If being seen as doing the right thing isn't working what should be the next step?
It is working.
We shall see.
Why is it assumed that a member of the press can't be conservative?
I'm still not clear that the man was a "gay escort"--didn't they say that all he did was register some names for some websites as part of his web developing business?
I understood Gannon only did work for an internet site that was involved in some domain names thatt had homosexual content.....What is this male prostitute revelation all about??
There were more sites found with his picture and offering his, um, company.
However, the lefties took this and made HUGE leaps and bounds saying he was planted in the WH and you can imagine what other things they were saying about that subject.
I know you're aware of their odd dot-to-dot thinking on Plame that doesn't make sense. I doubt they're even interested in what Matt Cooper and Judith Miller have to say to the grand jury, and that's who the GJ wants to hear from.
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