Jeff Gannon "reporting" about Helen Thomas, Dan Rather

[Cocoa]

in this article entitled "Bush reaches out to press corps," he sets aside a little space for Helen...

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?4515877e-6fd7-4a76-94fa-083ace872262

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But the conduct of the media in the recently concluded election has been one of the biggest stories. In particular, the use of forged documents by CBS in a news report on the president's National Guard service and an 11th-hour story by the same network in coordination with the New York Times that focused on explosives that went missing 18 months ago has been cited by some as evidence of bias or partisanship.

Members of the journalism establishment grumble about the "demotion" of Hearst columnist Helen Thomas, 82, regarded as the doyenne of the White House press corps. For decades, Thomas had been given front row seating at presidential press conferences and always asked the first question. That tradition ended when George W. Bush became the chief executive. Now Thomas often finds herself relegated to the back rows and never called on to pose a question.

But she still holds sway in the Brady briefing room where her theater-style seat in the front row bears her name. All other seats are identified by the news service. Even though Thomas writes only an opinion column for the Hearst News Service, she still leads the daily assault on McClellan.

Thomas has been extremely critical of the Bush administration and the president.

She has been quoted on several occasions as saying, "This is the worst president ever. He is the worst president in all of American history."

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[David Zephyr]

1. If Helen Thomas Says G. W. Bush is afraid of her, then he's afraid of her.

Helen Thomas' word is as good as gold with me.

[NewJeffCT]

7. What a country

The President of the most powerful nation on Earth is afraid of an 82 year old woman! Go Helen!

[Kerrytravelers]

2. This guy should have been reporting for CNN or MSNBC.

What a class act.:eyes:



The fourth estate is dead.

[tom_paine]

6. Yep. Dead and gone. A Media fit for slaves.

Which is a perfect hand-in-glove fit for the Imperial Subjects of Amerika, who sadly, have the media we deserve.

[Stephanie]

3. It's time to revive the phrase "Dirty Tricks"

Swiftboat Liars, Rathergate, Gannon - it's all Rovian dirty tricks, and no one has busted him on it.

[Cocoa]

5. in case some people don't know this about Rove...

he got his start under Don Segretti, in Nixon's dirty tricks operation.

[Stephanie]

9. I did not know that!

Wow.

[stpalm]

4. Run-on sentence, Gannon!

In particular, the use of forged documents by CBS in a news report on the president's National Guard service and an 11th-hour story by the same network in coordination with the New York Times that focused on explosives that went missing 18 months ago has been cited by some as evidence of bias or partisanship.

I thought you went through the college "system"

[mediaman007]

8. Wow, that's a mouthful!

That should have been flagged for bad English, yet they focused on Rather's source.

But, I think that we have hit the mother-lode and its a discovery that we can pursue on the Internet.

[Cocoa]

10. and subject-verb disagreement

should be "have been cited."

But he makes up for it with the nice use of the "some say" formulation perfected by Fox News.

[tishaLA]

14. I'm missing the run-on I guess

nor is there S/V disagreement. The sentence's subject is "the use," which agrees with "has."

[Dean_Convert]

11. She makes George's brain hurt

"This is the worst president ever. He is the worst president in all of American history."

I whole-heartedly agree.

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Dean_Convert!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. Jeff Gannon isn't fit to lick mud from helen thomas' shoes

or if she accidentally stepped in something one of the white house pets left, he's also unqualified