A 'Major' Conflict For Fox's New WH Face? (Barf Alert)

FishbowlDC ^ | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 | Garrett M. Graff

[Tolik]

Does he really want to interpret that anybody covering any subject where the reporter might be sympathetic to the subject is not qualified? Where is he going to find totally neutral reporters? Or hostile reporting is OK in his book? Does he live up to this standard himself?

[tx_eggman]

I was susceptible of him at first, since he seemed to have been hired for the war coverage in Iraq

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means". Inigo Montoya

[kristinn]

Master Garrett is a Harvard grad. All that education and not a lick of common sense.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Child of privilege Garrett Graff achieved notoriety by being the first blogger to get a press pass to cover the White House. Master Garrett, by the way, was a staffer for the Howard Dean campaign yet he sees no conflict in his current position. But let a patriotic American cover the Bush White House and young Master Garrett looks down his patrician nose at him.

Master is just baiting.

[BoBToMatoE]

This, to us, raises an interesting question: Can someone in the military objectively cover his Commander-in-Chief?
Since when is the media objective?


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BINGO! Since when can members of the media, who are also members of the ACLU and various members of antiwar, antirepublican and antiAmerican organizations cover the White House objectively? They cannot.

[MikefromOhio]

i'd believe it..

he looks and sounds like the type of guy I would throw against a locker in high school....

[jern]

Lets see. Fox could A) hire someone from our military or B) someone from the NY Times who hates our military.

[cubreporter]

As much as I like Scott McClellan, I wish Greg Kelly was taking his job instead. But...that isn't happening so...go Greg Kelly. Good luck. You'll do fine. To hell with those who dont' like it. :)

[martin_fierro]

AFAIK, Garrett's still with FOX.

Saw a report from him just the other day.

[Lee'sGhost]

George Stephanopolis on the other hand is a perfectly acceptable choice to report on politics for ABC as is Dick Clark providing "expert commentary" about the Middle East for CNN.

[mewzilla]

he looks and sounds like the type of guy I would throw against a locker in high school....

LOL. Or the kid who kept getting swirlies.

[kristinn]

We found the same link and goofy pic, LOL.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

I only ever attempted to give one kid a swirly, but he kicked the frigging toilet over and flooded the room so I never tried that again...

[saleman]

My God, what a dork. Do Haaavaad students arrive at the school looking like that or do they "evolve" into these creatures after 4 years.

[kristinn]

Greg Kelly's good guy. I met him last year when he was covering the President Reagan memorial in D.C.

[ozzymandus]

It's truly insulting that some punk 2 years out of Harvard, who worked for the Dean campaign, can dare to question the objectivity of an experienced reporter because he served in the military. Somebody needs a trip to the principal's office.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Capt. Gregory Kelly (m), an AV-8B Harrier pilot with VMA-211, explains to Cpls. Daniel Emunson (l) and Perry Ofalla, both Harrier mechanics, his planned route for a training flight.

[Tacis]

A valid question. I've alsways wondered, for example, how folks employed by neocommunist, anti-American media organizations like the NYT, ABC, NBC, and, yes, CBS could cover an honest US President. That's got to be a conflict of interest, although, maybe less so today than when they were on the Soviets' payroll.

[mewzilla]

I only ever attempted to give one kid a swirly, but he kicked the frigging toilet over and flooded the room so I never tried that again...

LOL. Yikes.

[mewzilla]

I think Graff's just jealous.