WP article re: Gannon -- very interesting stuff

[moggie12]

I bet Howard Kurtz never thought he'd be writing an article that mentioned the website, "World o' Crap."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12640-2005Feb9.html


Snip:
"The conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned yesterday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.

Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names. He has been under scrutiny since asking Bush how he could work with Senate Democratic leaders "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality." The information about Gannon was posted on the liberal sites Daily Kos, Atrios and World o' Crap.

And some Democratic response quoted by Kurtz:

Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), welcomed the news. In his question at the presidential news conference, Gannon had said that in an effort to disparage the U.S. economy "Harry Reid was talking about soup lines," which is not accurate and which Gannon later acknowledged was a characterization he picked up from Rush Limbaugh. "New media or old media, the fact is the question he asked was based on a lie, and that's unacceptable," Manley said. "Fundamentally, what he was reporting was not truthful."

In a letter to Bush, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said that "it appears that 'Mr. Gannon's' presence in the White House press corps was merely as a tool of propaganda for your administration." She asked the president to explain why Gannon "was repeatedly cleared by your staff to join the legitimate White House press corps."

[Inland]

1. What a country, when the only place to get legit news

is a website called World O' Crap.

[GetTheRightVote]

2. this is rich really rich beyond words

:kick:

[paineinthearse]

3. See the MEDIA forum

I'm archiving this and all other Gannon stories as they are released. If you like this, read Salon.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. The Raw Story

has an article about him as well. rawstory.com They're a good site. I think it's all hilarious.

[Up2Late]

6. Cool, you can do that?

Do the other forums do that too?

[Up2Late]

4. "...legitimate White House press corps..." That's a good one

ROTFL

That is great, the Washington Post writing about the "World o' Crap" website.

[Warpy]

7. Isn't anyone in the junta

NOT living in the closet?

This whole thing gets more surreal every day.

Of course, if the whores on TV news are too scared to report it, it's not getting out there.