Gannon-gate: Where's the outrage? (Bill Press)

[Up2Late]

Posted on Sat, Feb. 26, 2005

By Bill Press

TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

If you suspect the media are guilty of a double standard when it comes to covering the White House, you're right. It's now clear, without a doubt, that White House reporters are as easy on President Bush as they were hard on President Clinton. Consider the case of phony White House reporter Jeff Gannon.

You probably never heard of Gannon. No wonder. The mainstream media have largely ignored him - even though his story is as big a sex scandal, if not bigger, than anything that happened under Clinton.

To tell the truth, few people had heard of Jeff Gannon until President Bush's hastily called news conference on Jan. 26. After fielding a tough question about why the Department of Education paid commentator Armstrong Williams $240,000 to spread administration propaganda, Bush called on a bald, burly guy sitting in the middle of the briefing room and out popped the softball question:

"Senate Democratic leaders have painted a very bleak picture of the U.S. economy. Harry Reid was talking about soup lines, and Hillary Clinton was talking about the economy being on the verge of collapse. ... How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"
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[ktowntennesseedem]

1. Where are the James Dobsons outraged at a homosexual prostitute

having such ready access to the White House and to the President? Most people with modest intellegence know that this is far more serious than just a sex scandal, with implications for security and fair media that are far more serious than Gannon's little sexual escapades. But still, with all the outrage over how dangerous and offensive SpongeBob is, one would think they would be as least as outraged over a living, breathing, human, proven homosexual being accepted in the White House with close contact to the President. I just don't get it. (Actually, I do get it, because I know they are all a bunch of two-faced hypocrits.)

[Rush1184]

2. I really hate gannon...

especially because of his disrespect to HST on his site by using his tradmark phrase.

[Up2Late]

3. Kick n/t

:kick: