Wolf trying to white-wash story!!!

[hector459]

They didn't mention that Talon News operates out of Gannon's home.

[AnnInLa]

1. What exactly DID he say?

[Kahuna]

13. Whorie Kurtz says the bloggers went too far in digging into

his personal life. Wolf agrees. They say there is nothing wrong with Gannon wearing his politics on his sleeves. Afterall, a lot of reporters,,even LIBERAL reporters wear their politics on their sleeve. They said that Jeff should have acknowledged his biased bent. But them Whorie and Wolfie (I wear kneepads, therefore I am)
Blitzer agreed that Jeff does let his political affiliation be known. So. It's okay then. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[tridim]

2. CNN is helping him play the victim

Typical. It's all the Liberal Blogger's fault. Blah blah fucking blah.

[hangemhigh]

3. They're whoring it hard...

Bloggers went too far-
It's ok for journalists to be advocates

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Nite Owl]

4. Hopefully KO will do

a better job.

[SW FL Dem]

5. Unbelievable!

Howard Kurtz is blaming liberal bloggers for going too far in invading his privacy!!

[hector459]

6. Wolf, please get up off your knees!!!

When the entire story about Gannon is released somewhere to the general public, Blitzer and CNN should be attacked for their obviously attempt to white-wash this story.

[SoCalDem]

12. Wolfie...what a loser

[Hugin]

7. Yawn...

What? You thought they were suddenly going to grow some ethics...

[Hugin]

11. Oh yeah, Gannon isn't his real name.

How'd he get WH credentials with an alias Wolfie?

[Kahuna]

14. No. On yet another Gannon thread, a poster actually predicted how..

they would report the story. These presstitutes are entirely predictable. There is no need to watch. Starve the beasts.

[CoffeeCat]

8. They're turning Gannon into a tortured saint!!!!!!

OHMY!!!!

I can't believe what I just heard on CNN.

Howard Kurtz and Blitzer were discussing Gannon. They mentioned Gannon's ties to Talon News and the Republican site that is run by a Texas Republican. I thought they were going to blast Gannon, but then Kurtz said this,

"I really don't think the issue here is Gannon's politics. He makes his politics clearly known. The issues is did the bloggers go too far in revealing his personal information."

Then Wolf tried to minimize the entire thing...

"I was a White House correspondent and many reporters wear their politics on their sleeve. What is the big deal here?"

I cannot believe this horsesh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tridim]

16. The issue here is that CNN was told to whitewash the story

by their corporate (GOP) masters and CNN happily complied. They are worse than Gannon IMO.

[CoffeeCat]

19. Why were they told to whitewash.?

Were they told to muzzle this story to keep the White House happy?

Listening to this, I was just mortified!!

Gannon is a very serious story about the White House breaching public trust and confidence--with planted propaganda. CNN turned this story into a referendum on the bloggers, and their voracious appetite for ruining people!

Frick!

[tridim]

20. CNN is a subsidiary of the WH, as is Faux

They do what they're told.. Remember the Letterman/Bored kid story last year? That's when I first realized that CNN worked for the WH.

[CoffeeCat]

23. I understand that Fox is bought and paid for...

...however, I had no idea that CNN was in so deep. I realized CNN was "entertainment journalism", and that no effort to engage in real journalism was being made. However, I didn't realize that CNN was in bed with the White House.

Why would CNN do this?

I'm sorry to be so naive--but really--what is the motivation for catering to the Republicans?

Is CNN run by right-wingers? Is CNN kow towing to the administration to gain access to interviews/scoops?

Why would they do this?

[susu369]

37. Well, CNN's Daryn Kagan is apparently Rush's main squeeze

(is that still an item?).

I'd say CNN is in real tight with Rove.

Go Bloggers Go!

[vptpt]

24. They were told to whitewash because...

something in there would make the WH look bad, or rather, worse than it already does. Maybe it's something we've already heard about or guessed on, or maybe it's a big bombshell we have no idea about. I hope we find out though.

[CoffeeCat]

9. delete

[Goldeneye]

10. Wasn't part of the story that he didn't have a journalism degree?

That sounds like a big deal to me. If you don't need one...how do I get into the WH press club?

Its those damn liberal bloggers...that's why he really resigned. I hate that. Can we all agree to turn CNN off permanently?

[CoffeeCat]

18. I have a BS in journalism...

...and I'm fairly certain that I can't get into a White House briefing!!

They personally know each and every reporter in that room.

Oh please, are we supposed to believe that Gannon is just another guy wanting to ask a question, and that the White House isn't always completely familiar with everyone in the room?

Yeah, right.

This administration practically built a fortress around DC for the inauguration, but we're supposed to believe that there's a revolving door into the White House briefings--and that the White House is not responsible for who is sitting in those chairs?

[Hugin]

22. LOL....

Turns out Gannon also had a "BS" in journalism.

Couldn't help pointing that out.

Besides, isn't journalism a BA?

[htuttle]

25. Yes, it's a BA

I have no idea what a 'BS' in Journalism would involve. Maybe the composition of various types of printing inks.

:shrug:

[CoffeeCat]

31. Be careful there buddy...

I'll Guttenburg your sorry ass!

;)

[Hugin]

33. Hey...

No offense... I have nothing but respect for authentic
Journalists. (Note the capital "J".)

;)

[CoffeeCat]

38. No offense taken...

...I'm not a real Journalist, anyway.

I also have nothing but respect for Journalists--with a capital J.

If you see one, let me know!

After this CNN/Gannon ordeal today, I'm a tad cynical.

:)

[Hugin]

40. Don't blame you...

I'm beyond cynical. (If that's possible)

In fact I do know one Journalist...

But, she's not on T.V. ;)

[screembloodymurder]

35. Well you certainly don't need a degree

to print whatever the administration gives you, but that's not jounalism.

[screembloodymurder]

36. CNN

must go. Let's bring them down.

[CoffeeCat]

28. Yes, Jeff Gannon and I went to the same college!

Ok, no we didn't. His bs is waaaay different than my BS. :)

I have a BS--because my degree is in science and technical writing.

[Hugin]

34. OIC...

"my degree is in science and technical writing."

A laudable calling if I may say so. :)

[jimfromthebronx10469]

46. NO i happen to like LOU DOBBS...

but far as other cnn hosts i will join your boycott:toast: :mad: :mad: :mad: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :dem:

[monobrau]

15. No Plame

Watch and learn. It's Plame they want off the table. So we have to keep the Plame connection alive.

[stray cat]

17. What is Wolfe trying to hide? I think he protests too much.

[medeak]

21. email Wolf!

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2

[oasis]

29. I'd like to take a trip to Atlanta to picket CNN. A massive picket against

press censorship cannor be ignored.

[noamnety]

43. I just emailed

Thanks for the link.

"CNN missed the boat on the Gannon story. The issue is not "why the bloggers investigated his credentials." The issue is "why the White House did NOT investigate his credentials,” which appear to be nonexistent. The fact that he's using a fake ID, has fake credentials, and apparently has not had a background check, should signal a security problem, at a minimum.

The fact that the White House doesn't care if he's involved in the gay military sex industry and is completely unqualified as a journalist, so long as he parrots the RNC talking points, brings into doubt the integrity of the White House press briefings (which, if I recall correctly, are funded by taxpayers, not campaign contributions).

The fact that CNN is not asking those questions beings into doubt the integrity of your own newsroom."

[PA Democrat]

47. I sent him this:

I was fascinated by your coverage of the "Jeff Gannon" story and how you made the the "persecution" of Mr. "Gannon" the story.

Tell me, is it standard practice for the White House to issue press credentials day after day to someone using a fictitious name, someone claiming to be a "journalist" with no degree in journalism and no experience?

Are the type of "questions" asked by Mr. "Gannon" which were really more a statement of his personal opinion standard among true professionals?

Why didn't you cover his "news" stories posted on his website, which were almost complete plagiarism of the official White House talking points?

Do you not think that his gay escort service and gay porn websites are relevant given the fact that Mr. Gannon carried water for the Bush administration's anti-gay agenda?

Yes, I am sure that many journalists have their own political biases. But the true professionals do try to put those aside and objectively report the news. You have much it appears in common with the infamous Mr. "Gannon".

[oasis]

26. Talon news is operated out of Gannon's home? He gets a WH press pass.

Nothing to see here.

[tridim]

30. Why don't our bloggers have WH press passes?

It's a serious question.

[winston61]

27. Wolf Blitzer is not his real name

When Wolfie worked in Israel he had a different name. I'm sure he does not want the same light shone upon himself. But so what? CNN is now a branch of FOCKS NEWS so who cares what he says?

[Beetwasher]

32. Is This SURPRISING to ANYONE?????? Here's What I Wrote BEFORE The Story

when they ran the tease about covering it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3080600&mesg_id=3080660

[nostamj]

39. after 8 YEARS of sniffing clinton's underwear....

NOW they're outraged?

well, I'm outraged at their spineless 'outrage'... :puke:

[Synnical]

41. How long does it generally take CNN to post transcripts?

Anybody?

[Synnical]

42. Never mind - it's up

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/09/wbr.01.html

BLITZER: Is there any evidence that there's a connection, that the White House put him up to this to throw these kind of questions whether to Scott McClellan or to the president? Any evidence of wrongdoing, first of all, on the part of the White House?

KURTZ: No evidence whatsoever. I talked to Scott McClellan about this today, the White House spokesman. He said, first of all, President Bush didn't know who Jeff Gannon was when he called on him at that news conference.

But McClellan knows who he is. He calls on him at White House briefings from time to time. He says that there are a lot of people in the White House press room who have strong opinions and sometimes put them into their questions and it's not his job as the press secretary to be deciding who can get into the White House and who can't based on their political views.

Gannon, by the way, says, sure, he's very conservative. He makes no bones about that. But he thinks that a lot of the reporters in the White House press room are liberal, and he provides some balance.

BLITZER: What's the name of the organization, the news organization, he reported for. And what political connections did you discover may or may not exist to that news organization?

KURTZ: Well, he writes for a site called Talon News, which appears to be kind of a straight news site. But all of the stories that he writes also appear on a site that's called GOPUSA, which, as you might expect, is a conservative site. In fact, it's motto is: We're bringing the conservative message to America.

And both of those sites are owned by a man named Bobby Eberle, who is a Texas Republican activist in the state of Texas. So the issue here isn't really Jeff Gannon's ideology. He's the first to tell you that he comes at journalism from a conservative perspective. The issue I think is, should some of his liberal critics, these liberal bloggers, have started investigating his personal life in an effort to discredit him?

It's fine to disagree with his politics, but did they go too far, I think a lot of people are asking, in dragging in some of this personal stuff?

BLITZER: I used to be a White House correspondent for many years, sat through numerous briefings. There are plenty of journalists that wear their politics on their sleeve, liberals, conservatives. What's wrong with journalists having these kind of views, being advocacy journalists, if you will?

KURTZ: I personally don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they make clear what their views are, as Jeff Gannon clearly did.

A lot of people are questioning, well, why does this guy have White House press credentials? Because he doesn't write for a newspaper or magazine. Everything he writes is simply online. But in the age of blogging, that's hardly unusual. And he doesn't have a permanent -- what's called a hard pass. He just gets cleared into the White House on a day-to-day basis, which is a privilege that is pretty much open to any journalist.

So I think it's absolutely fair game to critique his stories, to argue with what he writes, to question his views. And he does that to other members of the press as well. But what precipitated his resignation is that he says that on behalf -- out of concern for his family -- and he told me last week that he had been threatened, that he had been stalked -- this has gotten so personal that he felt he needed to step down as the White House correspondent for Talon News.

BLITZER: And it does come within the context of some of the other embarrassments, Armstrong Williams and some other issues, which we won't get into right now.

But Howard Kurtz doing some digging, doing some reporting for us -- thanks very much, Howard Kurtz.

KURTZ: Thank you.

[Johonny]

44. So Bloggers

are going to hard to expose and explosive story and they're to blame? They showed he is using a fake name, works for a fake paper, has a fake degree and is tied heavily to Repukes he's suppose to be covering. Me I want the story looked into harder. I want to know how up the WH chain the reporter plant was known. I want to know whos idea it is to use fake journalist in press conferences. This idea of the free press is at stake. Instead of the free press investigating that chastize? And the bloggers are to blame? This is why bloggers exist. Because the old world press is dead. TV news is dead. It's propaganda for the weak minded. CNN couldn't have tracked this story and done the investigation if it tried.

[deacon]

45. everyone on this thread needs to email wolfie this

Hotmilitarystud.com
Militaryescorts.com
Militaryescortsm4m.com

:)

[LibertyorDeath]

48. *

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