OK. I'm now officially a fan of Andersen Cooper

[WilliamPitt]

"When did you first write an article for GOPusa?"

"I don't know the answer to that."

My ass.

The first article I wrote for truthout was February 2002.

Andersen just stomped the balls off this guy. Nicely done.

*That* was an interview. I hope Wolf was taking notes.

[CatWoman]

1. Gannon is tripping all over the place

Agreed!!!

Anderson is doing an excellent job :thumbsup:

[burythehatchet]

66. No joke..I felt sorry for Gannon

he's toast and he knows it. If I were him I'd read up on Craig Spence's suicide.

[tsuki]

129. No, he's a Christian and he is being persecuted for his beliefs

by the bad liberal lefties. GOD has forgotten everything and we should too.

[leftofthedial]

155. his relationship with Gawd isn't working out

Gawd insists on being "top"

[cloud75]

2. you are right he's getting better at his craft n/a

[Maddy McCall]

3. Isn't Cooper gay? Bet he has a little personal hatred of this hypocrit.

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. Who cares

[Maddy McCall]

Huh?

I just made an observation that Cooper may have ample reason to be torching Guckert.

That bothers you?

[merh]

63. Hi Maddy

Some folks have been sensitive about the gay references all week. Pay no heed. I hope you are doing well! :hi:

[brook]

93. What one is -

as long as one isn't a hypocite and a liar - is irrevelant. Anderson Cooper - who could sit on his ass and eat bon-bons - is out among 'em, earning a living and proving to be a pretty decent guy.

And, if Anderson Cooper is gay - d'ya think it just might be more painful for him to try to get this story to the public?

I'm not dissing you - I mostly enjoy your posts. Asking you to maybe think better of people...

[independentchristian]

104. It's a ridiculous observation

[DireStrike]

146. I disagree.

[karlrschneider]

22. I've heard he is, then began to think who better than a gay man to expose

a hypocrite/loser?

[Maddy McCall]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[BrklynLiberal]

23. That is because he is a GOOD reporter and does not let his personal

feelings get in the way of a fairly reported story.

[Maddy McCall]

33. You would say this about his reportage in the past?

I've never seen him give as hard-hitting an interview as he just gave to Guckert. If you have, please tell me who his interview subject was. Thanks.

[TOOLZ]

61. Cooper is hot enough to be gay

but he's butch enough you wouldn't know it.

[Patriot Acts]

72. I bet he's Bisexual

[against all enemies]

84. Why spread rumors? That's Rove's game, it shouldn't be done here.

[independentchristian]

103. No

[SemiCharmedQuark]

122. He is. He used to be open about it until he started at CNN.

And didn't he have an issue with Falwell over it? He sparred with him regarding gay marriage and said "we pay taxes", but I think it was edited out by a homophobic CNN.

Here:

Interview with Jerry Falwell, 29 November 2004:

COOPER: But there are a lot of gay families out there, Reverend Falwell, there are a lot of gay families out there. I think there are like a million kids being raised by gay parents who say that if you want to protect families, you know, civil unions will give inheritance rights, will give Social Security, survivor benefits rights to...

FALWELL: Anderson, that's all a red herring. If you want to leave something to your cat, you can do that in your will...

COOPER: It's not a red herring. That's simply not true. It's not true. You know we pay taxes.

[IronLionZion]

153. I don't care how gay he is, as long as he exposes this hypocrisy

But, I get what you're saying. It must really piss him off. He would be a good person to expose this without being labeled a homophone or some shit.

[CPschem]

4. Cooper's kicking ass

Great interview

[zann725]

38. Good interview. Though curious why it was NOT done "live."

One and a half hour delay. Apparently some editing there. I'm curious what was edited out.

[seventythree]

86. interesting point

I had to hang around the tube for a half hour to catch it, but it was worth it -- just posted what Pitt did on another chat room -- that's what stuck out to me, also -- you were writing for GOPUSA (admitting that Talon wasn't in operation in February) -- when? This is the second interview I've seen with Jimmy/Jeff -- the first being Leslie's -- and the guy is as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof -- thought he told E&P he wasn't going to do anymore talking to the media? I have no idea Anderson's orientation, nor do I care, but I wonder if Guckert thought he would be friendly -- why in the heck is he giving ANY interviews? Good bag for Anderson, however.

[FreedomAngel82]

113. I wish I saw that

Sounds like it went well. I remember him being on Jon Stewart about a week or two ago. He's pretty cute. ;)

[Orsino]

156. Part of the terms necessary to get him in the door?

Guckert dared showed up only because he knew it wouldn't be live, expecting the usual MSM sanitizing job to make him look like the injured party, only to find that Rove had sold him out?

Guckert is being disposed of.

[Fridays Child]

56. Yes, but Cooper failed to point out that it wasn't his personal life...

...and it wasn't in the irrelevant past. Gay prostitution was GanGuck's business, and his Internet ads were still up and running well after he started getting daily access to the White House.

Cooper did a great job. "That's not reporting--that's faxing" was perfect! I just wish that the media would stop accepting the meme that this has been an invasion of Ganguck's privacy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

5. I just IMed this to him -- i hope he gets to read it.

Go Anderson -- you can be the leader on this! Don't back down!

I want to look back 20 years from now and think you were part of the patriots who fought for rights for the citizens and the rights of the press!

Go go go!

[Cha]

9. That's a good "cheering section"

e-mail!

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

47. Well my latest approach to everyone _not_ DU is to treat them like childre

Well my latest approach to everyone _not_ DU is to treat them like children ... and not with the *-brand "stern father", but rather the "supporting nuturer".

Essentially if someone says they think * is "good", I treat them like a child I love but who absolutely believes in invisible tea parties. I say that's all fine and dandy then, and if they're "old enough" I drop a few hints that "they probably know _big_ boys and girls don't do that" ... on the other hand, if they're a little rabid, I try to treat them like a little child who can't quite get it through their head that smearing 'poo-poo' on the walls is NOT a good idea. Those ones of course need special attention, but I've been very impressed in how well its been working.

So as "the adult" I "suspend my disbelief" in the fantasy world enough to help them see that there is a "nice way to play" and that they are always growing up more...

Frankly, NOTHING else has worked; without the compassion of my view I'd be hard pressed not to consider every one of them I've talked with as THE WORST MORANS EVER! (whew, I do have to 'outgas' occasionally from the pent-up frustrations!)

[johnaries]

75. I like that approach! n/t

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

80. Practice and then try it sometime ...

When you get the hang of it, it can be very rewarding to feel the upper hand!

[Cha]

53. I just got this from Cooper..

"Thanks for your email. Here's our problem. We want you to know that we really do read every single email you viewers send us. No, honestly. But reading your email is one thing, and composing individual answers to each one is another. That would be a full-time enterprise. In which case, there'd be no AC 360. In which case, there'd be no emails. You see where we're headed.

Anyway, the best we can do is to acknowledge that we have indeed received and will read your message, and this little note is to let you know that. It's automatic, yes; fails to take into account whether you've patted us on the back or slapped us across the face; does not differentiate between praise, correction, fury, proposals of marriage, or invitations to get lost. But rest assured we'll know that part when we read it!"

So..evidently the e-mails are read..they just can't answer them all.

[Bunny]

58. I got the same one!

Glad to see they read them.

[FreedomAngel82]

114. Marriage proposals?

Is he Taylor Hanson now? LOL.

[Cha]

6. I bet the head honchos at cnn just

love him for that;-)

[MSgt213]

8. I agree he needs to let Gannon up because it isnt' a fair fight now

[tjdee]

10. That was indeed nice.

He took him to task for "reporting" too.

Great.

[karlrschneider]

11. He did a HELL of a lot better job than I was expecting!

JG came off as a total asshat...
;-)

[Maddy McCall]

21. I've never seen him grill anyone like he did Guckert.

That was a hot interrogation. Great job.

[Hissyspit]

29. Almost like Will Pitt was interviewing? But would Will follow up w/ Liger

story? (half lion/half tiger) :7

[Hissyspit]

34. On to Olbermann at 8 p.m. He's supposed to do something on Guckert. n/t

[WilliamPitt]

46. Definitely

:P

[Ladyhawk]

88. But would you question a liger interrogation-style? n/t

[spanone]

12. Amen, Cooper did not tread lightly.

Gannon is STILL NOT TALKING TO THE MEDIA. Denial, Denial, Denial.
By the way Jeff/James you ever heard of Eason Jordan??????

He sounded lik Rain man. FEEBLE attempt at damage control.

[Tesibria]

13. and .. what's all this about "past"

Per Americablog and several others, he STILL has a few active escort websites up right NOW with his pics on ....

this is not past ...

anyway .. minor point, but he is a schmo ... (and anderson ROCKS)

[icehenge]

31. Yeah but,

I bet Gannon/Guckert doesn't remember that he
still has some ads online.

Its easy to do that online. Now if al the sites
he is at are Pay per month type then its a
different story.

[prairierose]

125. If someone needs to, they can take a website down in minutes...

It's no big deal. He still has the email address of the person who built them and put them up. One email asking they be taken down by such and such a time & they would be gone. The fact that they are still there says to me that he must still be in the business. Granted, he may have gotten very excited about all of the inside information that he became privy to but how could someone actually forget their business sites? And he forgot about them for more than 2 years? Please. Besides, most people don't pay their hosting 2 or more years at a time.

I'm not buying it.

Oh and the pseudonym? Real journalists don't use them, even in small market media. Once upon a time, I went to work for a very small market radio station. I planned to use an air name because I was originally hired as on air talent. The next thing I knew, I was asst. news director. The air name went out the window, too many people knew my real name in that town, I couldn't have gotten away with it. No one would have talked to me.

:shrug:

[Virginian]

126. I agree, And with all this publicity...

"The fact that they are still there says to me that he must still be in the business. "

And with all this publicity, he is probably getting lots of johns.

He gives a new meaning to media whore.

[BR_Parkway]

143. They've managed to pull every "news article" that he "wrote" within 2 days

of this stuff leaking out. How hard would it be to click on the links that the bloggers found, figure out which sites were still up and get in touch with them to delete?

They stay up so he can claim "my private life is being invaded, be careful what you report, they'll come after you next"

[tsuki]

130. Read Howie's column at the WaPo. He's a Christian now, and

you are persecuting him for his beliefs.

[qanda]

14. I couldn't believe how hard hitting Cooper was

Good grief! Either I am so used to the media whores not asking ANY real questions or that was actually a decent job of journalism.

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Good show. Sharp questions. Gannon is an ass.

[icehenge]

16. Agreed

Anderson Cooper did a great job interviewing this
guy! Wahoo. I didn't have such high hopes.
Its such a different view when the press relay
"investigates" a story.


PS. Leave feedback to CNN about Anderson Cooper
show.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10

[alittlelark]

70. I left feedback.

[seventythree]

89. thanks for making it easy

I praised him, too

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

144. Done! Thank you for posting the link! nt

[notadmblnd]

17. oh.. so sad.. he's a victim

some one, please pass the kleenex. NOT!

[Junkdrawer]

18. No Plame, No 'Iraqi Invasion Heads-Up', but harder than I expected...

I give it a B...

[Riding this Donkey]

42. he asked him about Plame...n/t

[Junkdrawer]

74. I just listened again online. You're right. I stand corrected...

OK, B+

[Neecy]

19. I'm shocked...

I didn't expect CNN to allow any of their staff to seriously delve into the many issues surrounding this.

Kudos to Cooper. Not a softball question in the bunch.

[Sparkle]

20. He was forceful with his questions wasn't he?

But he doesn't leave marks...just impressions.:-)

[chefgirl]

35. Better than I expected

Anderson was better than I had hoped, but he still allowed this ass to keep spinning this story into one where he was the innocent victim.

There were a few other questions I would have liked Anderson to ask, but overall, he was much tougher than I ever would have believed possible.

-chef-

[Al-CIAda]

36. lol

:evilgrin:

He skipped over a few things but I too give it a B.

[robsul82]

24. The only one I still trust is Anderson Cooper.

He just stomped a mudhole and walked it dry, geez. He sounded legitimately pissed at this fraud without raising his voice, good work!

Later.

RJS

[SharonRB]

77. KO has done at least 10 minutes on this every night this

week. I'm sorry I missed the AC interview -- I like him most of the time, but this sounded like it was great. I'm glad to hear someone besides Keith is finally talking about this. First MSNBC, now CNN. Think it'll ever make it to ABC and CBS?

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

25. Anyone think Gaynnon had an "ear worm" feeding him the official lines?

As an opportunity to be a direct mouthpiece getting the right talking points out, having him "remote interviewed" might be too much to pass on for El Novo Rovo...

[icehenge]

41. It seemed liked maybe

but he also looked nervous and seemed to be
concentrating heavily and thus not talking smoothly.

I think the too can be confused.

Did you catch his heavy eye blinking?

[fob]

117. RE: Eye blinking Anyone know how to translate "eye blinking morse code"?

[zann725]

44. I also thought he MIGHT have a 'wire' in his ear. On several questions...

particularly early on, his eyes moved completely side to side, then a pause as if he were listening to cues from a 'wire.' And the interview WAS done 1-1/2 hours earlier. Usually Cooper interviews people live. This time he kept stressing it was taped earlier.

[spanone]

52. He probably did have an ear piece. Not unusual for TV

If so it was so he could hear Cooper. These guys don't sit next to each other necessarily.

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

54. I was just thinking the same watching the video again and

not once do you see a typical wire. Could the "visual value" of guckert looking being "unprompted and honest" be so high they'd make sure he's got a really invisible one?

He could be well versed in his talking points, but I hate to say it but if someone has better communication skills they probably don't end up being a gay male prostitute...!!! lol

There's also edits in the interview. I wonder what got cut (other than Gayckert's 8+!)

[Pachamama]

115. I thought the same thing about a wire- I also found he "blinked" rapidly

everytime there was a tough question and where he hesitated because he had to quickly "think up" (or listen) to an answer....

When it was a basic, easy going question, he tended to blink less and look more confident...

Anderson Cooper was brilliant...it was like watching a skilled Prosecutor ask purposeful questions and go back and forth between easy ones that made the person comfortable to the tough ones that clearly made him uncomfortable...

I'm not a big Anderson Cooper fan and don't watch him regularly but I'll admit if he does more often what he did today with the interview w/ Gannon, I'll be a more regular viewer.

[anarchy1999]

135. I felt like DU was in the room. AC did a great job. He didn't let this

ass (Jeff Cannon) off for a minute. Thank you, CNN and AC! You rocked the house.

AC, keep it up, and we might back you.

Sherry and David Bollenbacher
Dallas, Texas

[shance]

95. Something seemed off... the constant blinking

The pauses between statements.

To me it seemed as if he was listening to two different people....cooper and ?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

110. "They put voooorms in our earssss"...

(from some long forgotten Star Trek movie...)

[FreedomAngel82]

116. Maybe

But I didn't watch it so I couldn't say. He doesn't have hair to hide anything though does he? I think he has a memorized script and rules. Like always playing the victim. Make the bloggers who outed him look guilty and not him and to make it about him being the victim with all the sex and not about the real issue (that we care about).

[Nite Owl]

26. When the report began with

Kutz' voice I wasn't expecting much but Gannon/Guckert couldn't wait to get off. What a wimp he turned into. Anderson was good.

[tgnyc]

45. I felt the same way. When AC said, "first, with some background,

Howard Kurtz, I was thinking: here comes the bullshit. And sure enough, Kurtz's piece bit the bozak. But then AC came out like Tyson in his prime. Smoked Gannon like a nickel bag of weed.

[seventythree]

92. I thought the same thing

I was going -- oh, here it comes -- but even Howie's piece wasn't too bad. I did a rant on him the other day in my emails to Judy Woodruff's show. If others were doing the same, maybe he's getting a clue.

[SpiralHawk]

27. Fresh meat for the Blogging Class to chew on

This interview will ensure that PropaGannonGate stays alive over the weekend and into next week as The Moon Waxes Full in the sign of the Virgin (I am not making this up).

[Cha]

112. "Propagannongate"

:D Let's hope it has the legs it deserves in spite of the fascist media!

[Hissyspit]

28. Notice he tended to NOT say something was NOT true.

Anderson up quite a few points in my book. Tried to cover all the issues in the time given. Guckert NERVOUS as hell.

[tgnyc]

30. Olbermann has competition?

He's up next. Can Keith bring the funk like AC just did?

[DU GrovelBot]

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[Hissyspit]

39. Did you see that interview, Grovelbot?

(I gave back in the early 200s, grovelbot.)

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[TOOLZ]

37. "But your name's Jeff, that's not hard to pronounce." n/t

[icehenge]

48. But but,, guck guckert is hard to say

That was so pathetic on Guckerts part.
His make believe story didn't hold.

[Emboldened Chimp]

40. Cool, even Grovelbot liked AC's interview...

Right on!

[deacon]

43. yes, wolf needs to take a lesson, study the interview hard n/t

[Auntie Bush]

71. We not only should compliment Cooper, but we should message Wolfie

and Judy and tell them to watch and see what a REAL interview sounds like.

After that...I will watch Cooper more often...sorry, but I usually watch Hardbell...but no more.

[Goldmund]

49. The only major flaw:

"Some people say that you changed your name to Jeff Gannon to disguise your past."

No -- Jeff Gannon WAS his escort name. The question is why he used his escort name when he was posing as a journalist.

[BrklynLiberal]

50. A C's email address if you want to send him a note

360 @ cnn . com (without the spaces of course)

It would not hurt to go to www.cnn.com and sent the corporate headquarters a note as well.

[icehenge]

62. kick

[FreedomAngel82]

118. I sent him a little praise note

:) Maybe if he sees how people loved his interview he'll do more like that more. I should've asked a marriage proposal too. ;) I don't think he's that old (I'm 22). ;)

[usregimechange]

55. I want a transcript.

[nashuaadvocate]

59. See post #57 (sorry, was trying to respond to you and started new post).nt

[nashuaadvocate]

57. See Full Recap (with Extensive Quotes) in THE NASHUA ADVOCATE.

You can find it here.

An excerpt:

Jeff Gannon (James Guckert) to CNN in Friday Night Interview: "I've Made Mistakes in My Past...of a Very Personal and Private Nature"

By ADVOCATE STAFF

In a Friday night interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper (host of the general news show "Anderson Cooper 360"), White House "journalist" Jeff Gannon (a.k.a. James Guckert) told the cable host that, indeed, many of his White House "reports" were simply copies of White House statements, which Guckert described as his attempt to bring people "the unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they believe."

Gannon/Guckert also tried to defend his use in the White House of the name "Jeff Gannon" instead of the name printed on his driver's license, James Guckert.

Guckert said that it is "not uncommon" for journalists, authors, and actors to use a pseudonym.

(While true for actors -- which Gannon/Guckert essentially was, pretending to be a legitimate member of the White House press corps -- Guckert's statement about "journalists" seems to be inaccurate; Dana Milbank, a reporter for The Washington Post, told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday night that he wasn't aware of even a single journalist whose real name was unknown by his peers. Nor did Milbank name any journalists who use pseudonyms in any capacity or context. On Keith Olbermann's MSNBC program on Friday night, Milbank said that Guckert "keeps saying things which turn out not to be true," and that the first time he met Guckert the man was wearing a press pass which said "GOPUSA." Milbank noted that he couldn't understand Guckert's inability to recall when his first article was published by GOPUSA -- an unforgettable event, Milbank implied, in the career of any real journalist).

*****

The News Editor
The Nashua Advocate

[dubyaD40web]

152. Thanks nashuaadvocate

[TOOLZ]

60. Video soon to be posted...

...at . Stay tuned, it's a long interview to compress.

[CatWoman]

65. I love you Toolz!!!

:hi:

[CatBoreal]

90. Waiting with baited breath over here...

Love your work Toolz!

[TOOLZ]

128. VIDEO of Bulldog Bullshitting is Up!

Sorry for the delay, y'all, wouldn't you know it, the minute I'm about to upload it, my DSL gets knocked out for a couple hours by the storms we're having here in LA.

You'd think Rove had something to do with it....(he WISHES!)

:P

[dubyaD40web]

151. Toolz - you 'da man!!

[spanone]

64. Story is NOT going away. I think Gannon just fanned the flames.

I think he just offered up more questions than he gave answers. You think KKKarl was happy?????? I don't.

[wadestock]

67. For some reason, my wife thinks he's sexy....

She'll watch him...and thinks Tweety and most of the rest are unbearable. Keith is a bit too much for her, but she'll toon in here and there.

[tjdee]

68. Andersen is hella hot.

He is SO good looking and sexy.
Thought that for a long time.

[mainer]

81. I'm wth your wife

Look, I KNOW he's gay. But he's still hot. Always thought so, always will. It's not the looks, it's not the sexual orientation, it's the attitude.

I'm a straight female, and I think Angelina Jolie is HOT, too.

[FreedomAngel82]

119. Cooper is cute

But I also adore Keith. :loveya:

[grace0418]

127. I thought he was hot until...

I saw an interview with him where he was showing off his condo. I knew he was gay all along so that was no surprise (that certainly wouldn't stop me from thinking someone was hot), but having a GI-NORMOUS photo of his mom hanging over his bed sorta killed any attraction I had. Even if your mom IS Gloria Vanderbilt, that's just kweepy.

[KoKo]

69. You've lost your mind! Anderson Cooper?

:crazy:

[deacon]

73. some new links to check out

http://mediamatters.org/items/200502190003

http://nashuaadvocate.blogspot.com/2005/02/texas-republican-party-denies-knowing.html

and

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/18/122051/247

[HeeBGBz]

76. I taped it and am watching it now

Very good questions being lobbed to Gannuckert. The answers were not good enough. Funny. I expected a hardass attitude from Jeffames. Instead, he seemed scared and was formulating his answers very carefully. I guess he has a reason to be. Bringing this kind of attention to the regime may get him disappeared.

[Cleita]

78. Save your praise until this all plays out in the next few weeks.

eom

[RBHam]

79. I don't trust Mr. Cooper...

In my opinion, another game of "limited hangout"...

Why did Rove decide to allow Gannon to talk to Cooper?

Because Cooper probably agreed to play by some "rules"....

Y'know...no hooker stuff, no pressing on just WHO was Gannon's contact in the White House, nothing on the dirty tricks campaign in S. Dakota...

I don't trust ANYONE on that network since their "re-organization" after Bush stole the White House in 2000 and before 9-11. It still amazes me how quickly Isaacson bent over for the GOP and had the Neo-Con slant ready to help promote the Big Lie.

In my opinion, the "Central" News Network is THE main propaganda organ of the Military Industrial Elite, not Faux. Precisely because they have to be more subtle and crafty, it's far more effective.

Just the way I see it.

[RBHam]

82. The Limited Hangout - Psy Op strategy of deception...

Council on Foreign Relations members in the intelligence community and the media use a psychological strategy called a "limited hangout." A "limited hangout" is used by Intelligence Organization's when a clandestine operation goes bad; or, a phoney cover story blows up. When discovered the Intelligence Organization volunteers some of the truth while still managing to withhold key and damaging facts in the case.

The public is so intrigued by the new information it doesn't pursue the matter further. The new disclosures are sensational, but superficially so. Some of the lesser scoundrels are identified and publicly exposed to twist uncomfortably on network TV and in the press.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2807/LtdHangout.ht ...

[seventythree]

97. I'm interested but the link doesn't work

[RBHam]

98. Sorry...

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2807/LtdHangout.html

[Cleita]

83. On another thread I said Gannon is being fed to the wolves.

Gannon has no credibility anymore so why not turn lemons into lemonade?

[zann725]

134. I agree. But did you hear, George Soros bought a lot of Time-Warner stock

this week? As part of his plan, they said, to start turning things around. Hopefully we'll start seeing a change at CNN...for the better. Maybe Coop's interview was the beginning. (I agree with many here...I've never seen Coop give that tough an interview before.)

[Jamastiene]

145. I've been feeling that same way

about CNN since Ted Turner and Bobby Batista left. It just hasn't been the same network since.

[jbnow]

85. He did a pretty good job

I don't know why but I even expected that.

My only disappointment was letting Gannon get away with "private life" and "mistakes in the past". Active porn sites on the web offering illegal services during the time he was playing reporter are neither private nor past. That would have been quick and easy to point out.

I keep wondering with discovery of illegal activities why he wouldn't be legally busted, the computers and records all confiscated.

[FreedomAngel82]

120. Does anybody know

when his escort porn sites were put up on the web? Like HTML and all?

[Walt Starr]

87. He should have called Guckert on the "personal life" crap

Advertising to offer sex for money with naked pictures of yourself on the internet is NOT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE!!!

[earth mom]

138. That's exactly what I thought after I watched the interview!

The entire point is that what Gannon did was ILLEGAL-he was-maybe still is-a paid HO! He was not some gay man looking for a date on a personal dating site! Nobody would give a damn about his sexual orientation if that were the case.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

91. I was pleasantly surprised by Cooper...

... he managed to score some good points, before softening up a little towards the end. Overall, it wasn't bad for the typical CNN puff piece. It's "Corporate Media" coverage, so let's celebrate a little. However, my eyes rolled to the back of my head when Cooper threw to Howie (apologist) Kurtz at the beginning of the segment...

KURTZ: ...Gannon has become a symbol for the president's critics, and for the bloggers who have shown once again they can take people down with warp speed.

Yeah... shoot the messenger, Howie, you hack. What about the story?

Why is Guckert still making media appearances? I thought that GOP lawyers would have clamped down on him. While Guckert did appear nervous (and rightfully so, even on a friendly network like CNN), the biggest impression I got from this appearance is that he's not very bright. Seriously. He strikes me as being quite stupid. Maybe all the blood rushing to the 8" (cut) part of his body is depriving his brain. Yeah, that was a cheap shot, but then apparently so is Guckert.

COOPER: There are those who have said that the reason perhaps you are using a different name is that there is stuff from your past that you did not want people to know about or find out about.

GANNON: How I'll address that is that I have made mistakes in my past...

"How I'll address that"? Guess who has been speaking to lawyers. However, since he continued to burble on and even state that no-one in the WH knew about his past {that one will leave a mark}, he is too dumb to know when to STFU.

This was my favourite part:

GANNON: ...the effect of this has been that we seem to have established a new standard for journalists in this country, where if someone disagrees with you, then your personal life, your private life, and anything you have ever done in the past is going to be brought up for public inspection.

This was the point where the irony overtook me and I had to leave the room: Guckert used the phrase "established a new standard for journalists" about the {evil} bloggers, not himself, without even a hint of irony. I don't think he gets irony at all: he probably thinks it's "like silvery or bronzy, only made of iron" {/Baldrick}

[seasidelib]

100. ROFL.. "How I'll address that"?

That sounded so 'not normal' to me too. It really shouted out, "I'm so screwed.. now what are my lines?" So funny if not so sad.

[buzzard]

111. Just curious what right would GOP lawyers have to limit his ability to

speak to anyone he chooses.

[tsuki]

131. "and anything you have ever done in the past is going to be

brought up for public inspection." As opposed to what Jeffames did, lie, distort and smear.

[pinto]

94. love Guckert quote from the show: "I don't know, ask the White House."

[catzies]

96. If that was the answer, what was the question?

S'il vous plait. :)

[pinto]

105. sorry, here's snip from Cooper's show transcript

COOPER: There are many questions that have been raised about whether or not -- people raising the specter that you are somehow a White House plant. Are you a White House plant? Were you (UNINTELLIGIBLE)?

GANNON: Absolutely not. As a matter of fact, how I came to be at the White House is I asked to attend a briefing. I asked the White House press office. They gave me a daily pass to get in.

COOPER: When was that?

GANNON: I don't recall, but it was -- I think somewhere in the neighborhood of two years ago.

COOPER: Because in -- was that for Talon News?

GANNON: At the time, it was called something else, but it -- the name was changed to Talon News shortly thereafter.

COOPER: What was it called at the time?

GANNON: It was called GOPUSA.

COOPER: So -- and that's owned by a Republican activist, Bobby Eberle?

GANNON: It's owned by Bobby Eberle. COOPER: The first record we have now of you actually being at a White House press briefing was on February 28th, 2003, as you said, before Talon News even existed. So why were you given a White House pass?

GANNON: I was given a White House -- well, you will have to ask the White House that. But I asked to attend the White House briefing because I was -- you know, because I wanted to report on the activities there.

COOPER: But GOPUSA is not a news organization.

GANNON: Well, we were -- we were -- we had established a news division, and it was later renamed Talon News.

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[tsuki]

133. And the answer from the Scotty over at the WH...

I haven't asked him, but I'm not going to ask him, either, so please accept this non-denial denial as though it were something I had actually looked into--and don't ever again ask me about who knows Eberle and who doesn't.

I know this is about Eberle, but it is a strange statement.

[SoCalDem]

99. Cooper is very like Olbermann.. He has that boyish charm, and

yet the intellect always shines through..

He was raised in "super wealth" and could have been a lazy playboy, yet he went UNAFILIATED with any news organization..to Bosnia and Yugoslavia during the war because he wanted to be a serious journalist..

He kept submitting pictures and stories until he was finally offered an intro into the real journalistic world.

I don't know too many super rich guys who would never have to work a day in their lives, who would do that:)

[RBHam]

101. Urrrrmmm....

Right...a real journalist at CNN...

okay...

[SoCalDem]

102. well... sorta..

he's a head and shoulders above most of them..

at least he lets the public "know" when he thinks a story is crappola :) (that's the intellect part)

[RBHam]

106. Let us see how "serious" Mr. Cooper remains...

I predict a Larry King-like future...

But then, I'm a cynical bastard.

Just don't fall for the patrician good manners and the fake, pinched look of concern he always flashes when "going to the latest story"...

Trust?

Not as far as I can throw him, SoCalDem, and I respect you alot. And I don't mean to be a buzz killer here.

But there have been moments in the past when I've been watching and he lights up my CIA-dar like a pinball game...

[RBHam]

107. There's a reason Rove is keeping Gannon away from Olberman...

Keith isn't "made"...

[zann725]

136. I agree. Keith is too unpredictable.

n/t

[SoCalDem]

108. You are probably right, but I'll accept a crumb here and there

It's more than we are used to :)..

and who knows, maybe the corporate media folks are starting to feel the nipping at their heels..

ABC/NBC/CBS had their stature diminished when cable came along, and may cable is next on the food chain:)

[lonestarnot]

109. Stutter stammer lie lie lie stutter stammer lie lie lie!

Do these repukes no how to do anything besides lie?

[UdoKier]

121. Guckert was a stenographer, not a writer.

How hard would it be to forget your first cut-and-paste job?

[ginnyinWI]

123. I like Anderson Cooper

He seems to know what journalism is all about. :thumbsup:

[98geoduck]

124. He's a twit, one good moment doesn't make up for all his shilling.

[anarchy1999]

132. Thank you Will. Anderson handed it to "Mr Gannon", and yes, his balls

were just stomped off as well as nicely done!\


I can't wait for the next few days.

AC did a fine job and then some! It almost felt as though he was reading DU for his questions. He nailed the entire fiasco.

[ultraist]

137. The whole interview was scripted/choreographed/vetted by the WH

That's why it wasn't live. It had to be vetted and edited.

There is no way they have cut Gannon loose. They are telling him what interviews he can do and what to say. They needed him to go on and deny any WH wrongdoing. Gannon is scared and not of the liberal bloggers. His bottom lip started to quiver at one point. He does not want to fuck it up. I wouldn't want a WH admin that tortures and commits mass murder pissed off at me. He likely stepped over the line with his reckless question about 'divorced from reality Dems.' Why did Gannon blow his cover at that point? Was it mistake or was he looking to become more public?

AC did a good job appearing as the hard ass but did he ask anything we didn't already know or nail him to the wall on anything except when Gannon wrote his first story?

I don't trust the MSM and I don't trust the WH. They have this guy under tight control. Let's not forget Rove et al are extremely powerful.

[earth mom]

140. Well Said! Gannon should look into hiring a bodyguard or two. eom

[Kahuna]

149. I agree. The script was "admit your sins and move on..."

I don't see why Cooper is praise worthy. IMHO, he played along with the typical the repuke modis operandi. And notice that last night Kurtz did an "unbiased" introduction, while today he is back to whoring and has painted his piece as, "admit the sin, and move on."

[readmoreoften]

139. Was SAME-SEX escort even mentioned?

They kept saying 'escort' and it was unclear as to whether he was a chippendale for ladies or a gay hustler. The only reason why I think this is important is because of his virulent anti-gay stance.

It seemed like Anderson was forced to pussyfoot around this reality.

[Jamastiene]

147. Transcript is up

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/18/acd.01.html

[anarchy1999]

141. Well, dear Will, one can only hope, but it is alot to hope for.

Thank heavens for you and all the other silly little "bloggers/pseudo-journalists" out there in "cyberspace"!

Thank heavens for you all.

[TWiley]

142. Welcome Aboard !

Anderson and Lou Dobbs are about the only ones who are worth watching on CNN anymore.

Wolf blitzer is an asshole. He only reports what the bushtapo tells him to. He is bright enough to realize that the world has changed, and that his career is advanced with every bush loving vowel he sputters. The same goes for his little apprentice Aaron Brown.

In my opinion, "reporters" like these actually drag the whole news profession through the mud.

[noamnety]

148. Missing question

WHO approved his access to the WH?

There seems to be an unwillingness to move the blame up the ladder here. Guckert-Gannon had one thing right, he isn't the one to blame for being allowed access.

Maybe it's on the cutting room floor.

[MsTryska]

150. i was presently surprised by Anderson too.

He did a good job with that interview. I wonder what was cut, and why tho?


maybe he did ask the questions about his profession and public figure status and whatnot, but gannong fell to pieces, or the editor didn't want to use the material or something.



for a preliminary foray into real live journalism from the Corporate media, i give Anderson the benefit of the doubt. he did good.

[Stop_the_War]

154. he's kinda cute, don't you think?

[Domitan]

157. Indeed!

I've sensed something more likeable about Anderson Cooper than most of the CNN shills. Let's hope this scandal takes a harder and faster pace!