QUID PRO QUO: Talon News and the White House

[donsu]

http://nobodycouldhavepredicted.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_nobodycouldhavepredicted_archive.html#110705947257296334

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SO HOW IS IT THAT 10 PEOPLE WITH NO APPRECIABLE EXPERIENCE IN JOURNALISM CAN BEGIN A “NEWS” ORGANIZATION AND RANGLE PRESS CREDENTIALS TO GAIN ACCESS TO WHITE HOUSE BRIEFINGS AND PRESS CONFERENCES?

I am sure this is just a coincidence but one of the “Talon News Team” wrote the following article about John Kerry in October which villified Kerry by calling him a "traitor" without any pretense of objectivity. If this isn’t a cut and paste job from some Swiftboat Liars for War Profiteers piece, I’d really be surprised. Reputable news organizations had already proven that the SLWP attacks were blatantly false, but here it is in print from a part of the Talon News Team.

I have to conclude that access is a quid pro quo from Rove to Talon News. Seriously, the White House press corp. is a fairly exclusive club and it must really grate them to have a clown like Jeff Gannon in their midst; someone who completed an “intensive” two day seminar and calls it “graduating.” The “intensive” part cracks me up...

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The Barbarian And The Traitor

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Payola, propaganda backdrops, fake news stories, fabricated stories about Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman, staged events like the toppling of the statue, the carrier landing and the Thanksgiving breakfast and the think tank circle jerk are all interrelated. Seriously, this shaky house of cards built on a foundation of lies, character assassination, and deception has got to be about to collapse from its own weight!!
This is another example of the tangled web that the right-wing has developed to gain and keep power and to keep the public misinformed.
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also, Letter from David Brock to Scott McClellan:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200501310004

Dear Mr. McClellan:

I am writing to ask you to consider revoking the White House press credentials apparently granted to Jeff Gannon of Talon News. Mr. Gannon and Talon News appear to be political activists rather than actual journalists, and as such should not be presented to the public as an independent news agency.

Consider:
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throw the pretenders out!

[BlueEyedSon]

1. More on Talon from our own Demopedia

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Leadership_Institute_Broadcast_School_of_Journalism

[calimary]

2. "Talon" news, 'eh? Sounds like somebody's overcompensating...

And judging from the Robert Conrad-style in-yer-face I-dare-you-to-knock-this-battery-off-my-shoulder crap this guy pulled in one of the "news conferences" I remember - this guy must have a PHENOMENALLY small - um - endowment. Somebody a little more secure about himself wouldn't have to huff and puff and screech like that.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Nah, he's paid to act that way (by you know who!)

[noamnety]

4. Has anyone found is actual name yet?

All I've seen is his fake name.

[quisp]

5. Should be called "Talon-ban News" n/t