MSM catfight breaks out over National Press Club's "GannonGuckert panel"

[CatWoman]

READ THIS: MSM catfight breaks out over National Press Club's "GannonGuckert panel" - Press Club whines, E&P rips them
by John in DC - 3/29/2005 01:42:00 PM

The National Press Club is striking back over the growing controversy over their biased GannonGuckert panel they're holding next week. And others are striking back at the Press Club. It's an MSM catfight out there.

As you may recall, the Press Club is holding a panel to talk about the GannonGuckert issue, journalistic credentialing, and the larger issue of blogs vs. mainstream journalism. On that panel, at this point, will be sitting GannonGuckert, sex gossip comedienne Wonkette, DC gossip blogger Garrett Graff (who was the first blogger to get access to the White House briefing room), and John Stanton of Congress Daily.

The left-wing blogosphere is, rightfully, upset that, as usual, the mainstream media wants to hold a panel on political blogging and doesn't invite any political bloggers. Rather, they invite gossip blogs. No that there's anything wrong with gossip blogs - I love Wonkette, and am having breakfast with Garrett next week. But they're gossip blogs. For a panel on gossip journalism, having them represent the entire field would make sense. But...

For a panel discussing the GannonGuckert case and the difference between serious political blogging and serious political mainstream journalism, it might be nice to have some serious political bloggers on the panel - not to mention, a blogger who actually was key to the GannonGuckert expose (be that Media Matters, Kos, Atrios, World O Crap, AMERICAblog, whatever). And what about Editor & Publisher, one of the ONLY mainstream media outlets that fairly and continually covered this story? Why aren't THEY the MSM media rep on this panel?

Anyway, the Press Club folks are getting snippy now. From Poynter:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/03/read-this-msm-catfight-breaks-out-over.html

[xchrom]

1. they should rip each other to shreds.

their complacency, their cooperating, their deceitful behavior, etc over the last decade{more?} earn them the right to a violent end to their days.

not the people -- the msm.

[Pithy Cherub]

2. oil'em up and let's see which

m$m pathetic protectors of hypocritical whoredom - wins... :popcorn:

[kweerwolf]

3. OK ... it's time I admit my ignorance and ask ... what is "MSM"? n/t

[CatWoman]

4. Main Stream Media

:D

[kweerwolf]

5. Thanks! ... Now it makes sense. ;-)