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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:48 PM Original message |
Word of warning on the Gannon story |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree. The real story is Talon news and the Eberles. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Well SOMEBODY had to get Helen thomas' seat. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. The real story is the CORRUPTION IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. Why did this guy of all guys have the memo? That's the question. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Was "Jeff Gannon" |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Didn't Gannon also have something to do with Rathergate? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. at the very least, he beat the drum loudly on it eom |
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Prodemsouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
66. I am willing to bet it runs under his desk to.... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. If he was paid by the White House, then he MUST reveal the source |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. I agree, Walt. That fact would really separate him,... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I disagree |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bloggers who go to events and blog live from them are reporters |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. It's a tight rope |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Did you watch Wolf tonight? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Very true |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. If "Wolf" is paid to show his OPINION, there is NO PUBLIC CAVEAT!!! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Switch to decaf |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Whatever. Let's try "how does a reasonable American 'consumer' interpret |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I'm not patronizing anyone |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
74. TO YOU, "a talk show". To the rest of our people,.."experts",... |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Exactly. |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. very apt |
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Bethany Rockafella (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. A real investigative reporter should ask Gannon |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. there is case law on what constitutes a 'reporter' |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Would you kindly provide cites to that law? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Here's a start |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I use "findlaw". But, the case you cited fails to support your assertion. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. My dear, please re-read below |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. reporters don't have immunity |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Operation Mockingbird and military intelligence 'PsyOps' is what |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. As long as we're issuing words of caution on Gannon |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. For starters, how did he pass a routine background check ? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Could you get a daily pass? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The idea is being kicked around |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Son, I'm as serious as a pig a-shittin', |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Will, if any one here could do it, it would be you |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. *LOL* If those who are as crooked as a dog's hind leg can get one,... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. I agree! Go for it Pitt, what a great story if they turn you down OR |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Um, duh |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Its one thing to get a daily pass. Another to get called on by Scotty. |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Question Number 69 for bush* White House daily press credentials; |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. Excellent |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Hey Will, what a great idea! Would you consider getting a pass? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Go for it Will. World Series. Super Bowl. White House |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. That reminds me of a funny story here in BC |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not a moment to soon for me, Will. I thought it was an |
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BrainRants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Keep digging people... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. He was close enough to the White House and Bush to |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Mass Distraction 101 |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. Focus IS imperative. This is really about the administration. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. I agree re: main tent. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. But if Gannon is a reporter... |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. This guy was surrounded by experienced, professional journalists |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. WOO HOO that was post #700 pour moi! :D |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I agree if I were a reporter you wouldn't see me sitting next to him. n/t |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. The big picture: FITZGERALD MUST SUBPOENAE THIS POS! |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. 'low caliber' AND rightwing PLANT |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sorry, but I disagree, kind of... |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. interesting take |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. I was thinking something |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. From Journalism.org |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Plame memo is not about Freedom of the Press. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Key point. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Hello my friend! |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. Would Gannon have been involved in the Plame memo without |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. He may have had access to the memo through his relationship |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
55. it's a matter of language, but i see this the exact opposite: |
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GreenPoet64 (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thanks for the heads up . . . I had not given much thought |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. Will....you are falling into the media trap ...this is exactly what |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
61. The more I think about him bragging about outting Plame on Freakerland |
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GreenPoet64 (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. What is the legal definition of a "reporter?" I'm just curious |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Speaking of which-- |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. Subpoena time! Get him in front of Congress! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
70. You're right about the protection of sources for journalists BUT |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
71. I love your posts, Willie my friend. |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
72. "How did this guy get his eyes on confidential memos" |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. Will, I got this from your website today |
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