Christian Science Monitor: Bush administration blurs media boundary

[Skidmore]

Interesting article with the angle which I believe should be the focus--not the sex, not poor *s compromised safety, or the inadequate FBI clearing procedures (we all know that the only thing the FBI does well is go after drug users).

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/csm/20050217/ts_csm/ajourno_1

"The controversy over a 'journalist' adds to the buzz about message control in the capital.

By Gail Russell Chaddock, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON - First came video "news releases" produced by the Bush administration using a TV news format. Then came three conservative columnists who got big paychecks from federal agencies. Now, there's Jeff Gannon (not his real name), a journalist (maybe) who gained surprisingly easy access to the president, only to lob a sympathetically slanted question...

"...The Gannon case raises the tougher question of who gets to be a journalist. In Washington, credentialing standards vary among the different branches of government. Gannon, who wrote for the GOP-linked Talon News website, was first criticized by liberal Internet bloggers, who objected to the pro-administration slant in his questions, such as "...How are you going to work with who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"

[independentchristian]

1. I'm surprised that more "Christians" don't read CSM

They'd be better off reading that than the Washington Times, which is a "Moonie" publication.