Jeff Gannon calls Rep. Conyers and Rep. Slaughter HOUSE MORONS

[Catherine Vincent]

"The General Accounting Office told House morons Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Louise Slaughter that Gannongate did not violate a federal propaganda law. More vindication!" httpL//www.jeffgannon.com

http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/304829.htm

James D. Guckert—Reprinting Government Press Releases as His Own Work, B-304829, June 6, 2005

June 6, 2005

The Honorable Louise M. Slaughter

Ranking Member

Rules Committee

U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

Ranking Member

Judiciary Committee

U.S. House of Representatives

Subject: James D. Guckert--Reprinting Government Press Releases as His Own Work

This responds to your joint letter, dated February 23, 2005, asking us to consider certain activities by Mr. James D. Guckert (also known as Jeff Gannon). Your letter notes that some recent press reports have claimed that Mr. Guckert repeatedly incorporated substantial excerpts from White House press releases into articles he published on the internet without disclosing that this material was produced and distributed by the government.<1> Letter from Representative Slaughter and Representative Conyers to David M. Walker, Comptroller General, Feb. 23, 2005.

You believe that Mr. Guckert's verbatim reprinting of White House press releases as his own work may have violated the prohibition on the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes, as discussed in our recent Circular Letter, B-304272, Feb. 17, 2005, and other opinions which address the publicity or propaganda prohibition and the use of appropriated funds for prepackaged news stories. <2> You asked us to opine on whether Mr. Guckert's activities amounted to a violation of that prohibition.

On this record, and for the reasons given below, we have decided to take no action on this matter. Even if we assume that the allegations in the press are true--that Mr. Guckert incorporated parts of press releases without indicating their source--these allegations do not suggest a violation of the publicity or propaganda prohibition. The publicity or propaganda prohibition bars, among other things, the government's use of appropriated funds to produce and distribute communications that conceal or fail to disclose to the intended audience that they were produced and distributed by the government. E.g., B-304272, Feb. 17, 2005; B-303495, Jan. 4, 2005; B-302710, May 19, 2004. The press reports specifically describe the government documents that Mr. Guckert used as "White House press releases." We understand the term, "White House press releases," to refer to White House communications which clearly disclose on their face that they were produced and distributed by a government office. They are provided to journalists covering the White House and are available to the public at large at the White House website. <3> The White House distributes its press releases to all who request them and identifies the White House as the source of the communication.

[Junkdrawer]

1. Source...Consider...

'nuff said.

[getmeouttahere]

2. Why are we still legitimizing this clown....

obviously the media isn't going to do the digging and report on this piece of sh**, so let's just ignore him!

[deutsey]

3. Why the hell is this dumbass even still around?

[FreedomAngel82]

20. That's what I want to know

Everytime he says he's not going to do this or that and then turns around and does it. What a flipflopper. :eyes:

[Democrat 4 Ever]

4. Gannon/Guckert just can't quit whoring himself, can he?

His 15 minutes is so over but you have got to give him credit for his relentless pimping of himself. The WH must not be returning his calls, no late night rendezvous with Snotty Scotty and the repugs aren't paying his bills anymore. What's an escort suppose to do?

[uppityperson]

8. JimmyJeff, get over it.

It's not you we care about.

[ls317]

5. Jeff Gannon

Dear Jeff


I am wondering how is Simple Scotty doing??hmmmmm. No more late night visits at the White House??

[rox63]

6. He's calling other people morons????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[loveable liberal]

7. I dont care. The man will prostitute for anyone, thru any means.

I bet he'd pimp for us if the price was right. Total bottom feeder.

[opihimoimoi]

9. This Gannon Guy...? Is he the one who escorts rich Pubs who are fond of

the Military macho to Motels and other places where they do pervy shit???

Damn, I thought he was in Lolo Land.

[Junkdrawer]

11. Yes. But do we want to just give up on the "Rich Republican Gay John"..

vote?

Perhaps if we're nice, we can win them back.

:sarcasm:

[comsymp]

17. Junk- We've discussed your comment among ourselves, and

[dogday]

10. Jeff just needs to get naked and spread em like he did for the

military guys site. That is what he does best.....

[rocktivity]

12. An OPINION is not a LEGAL RULING, Jeff

and in MY opinion, the GAO is not exactly a bastion of impartiality in this matter. You're STILL a plagiarizing phony lying security breacher! How can you be vindicated when the writing you publish wasn't your own?

:headbang:
rocknation

[tmorelli415]

13. Flash News: White House Callboy Says Congressmen are Morons...

adding that he still promises to call any congressman 'moron, Sir', will try not to leave marks when he bites them, and for an extra $50 he'll call any willing to pay congressman a 'moron', 'bitch' or 'slut' and pummel their hiney with a leather whip while he does it. Just the Friday night special.

Everytime I see him on TV I feel like they ought to be playing Ru Paul in the background, 'work it girl! work! give a twirl! do your thing on the runway!' i wish he'd just wear the big blond Christy Brinkly wig that belongs to his inner covergirl instead of trying to be all butch by shaving his head - the eyebrows just are too plucked to believe he doesn't wear it at home when he has a good cry at the end of the day. Miss Jeff is such a fussy thing...

[Blue Belle]

14. Another ploy to validate his sorry existence...

Note to Jeff: if you want to extend you 15 minutes of fame, why don't you tell us who you had to blow to get a press pass? Karl?? Scotty?? Both??

[tmorelli415]

23. self delete - dupe

[Blue Belle]

27. And now he has an illustrious career waiting for him...

in the hand bag and satchel industry (ala Miss Lewinski).

Gannon and Monica should get together and compare notes.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Ohhhh! Jeff Gannon! A Must Read!

NOT!!! Gannon's goose is cooked and all he has is sour grapes.

[dzika]

16. He must be telling the truth... the lie detector said so....

[FreedomAngel82]

21. LOL!!!

Too hilarious.

[EFerrari]

18. Miss the point, attacking Jeff.

The GAO just gave a non-ruling.

They said, WH press releases identify themselves as WH press releases and are distributed.


They did not say that no one at the WH sent this material to Jeff.

So, if you focus on him, you're missing what happened here.

[Catherine Vincent]

22. Just so you'll know, I didn't attack Jeff.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

25. Sorry for clumsy words!

:hi:

[chalky]

28. I'm thinking poster meant attack Jeff all you like (and I will, HAPPILY)

but the meat of his report should set off alarm bells.

It certainly did with me.

[EOTE]

19. Here's what gets me.....

He cites that he was investigated by the GAO and found not guilty and he claims this is vindication??? He's just putting it in the spotlight that he did, infact, reprint verbatim portions of whitehouse press releases and he's proud of that? Ha ha! I have no journalistic integrity whatsoever, but on this one account, I might not have broken the law! Vindication!!! What kind of crazy world do we live in?

[DoYouEverWonder]

24. Anybody can use anything that the WH puts out

in anyway they want. That is because documents and images that are produced by the government and are paid for with tax dollars are part of the public domain. I am not surprised by the ruling.

[fob]

30. Just because the WH issues press releases and marks them as such

isn't it a problem if you take them and reprint them as actual ORIGINAL news items thereby removing the clear WH PRESS RELEASE marking? Are you saying it's OK for WHPR's to be laundered as long as it's by an (obstensibly) private citizen acting on his own behalf regardless of his current position (as an "alleged" journalist)?

That seems like it's specifically worded to CREATE WH propagannonda. That can't be right, can it?

[Straight Shooter]

26. The whore is a bore. eom

[tmorelli415]

29. 2> You asked us to opine on whether Mr. Guckert's activities amounted to a

GAO answered the question correctly. Problem is, the question was contextually (deliberately so, i assume) focused on the wrong audience. It should have been if the White House activities amounted to a violation of the prohibition on the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes - not if Miss Jeff violated such rules (Miss Jeff violates all of us - hell, I feel violated every time I see him). Reporters or anyone for that matter can reprint materials from press releases verbatim without bylines - happens all the time as long as there are no copyright infringements (rare since releases are created to be quoted from). Not considered journalistic standard but reporters don't do their jobs anymore which makes this type of thing seem normal - that gives tremendous power to unethical PR consultants who unfairly make the entire PR industry look bad.

As to the lie detector - Miss Jeff passing only proves that he is a stooge and too dizzy to know it. He probably doesn't think he's being used but it is clear that he is.

[Catherine Vincent]

31. Miss Jeff?

[MsTryska]

32. I dedicate this little snippet of song to that tired old whore....

"Coz this is my United States of Whatever,
And this is my United States of Whatever,
And this is my United States of Whatever.


And then it's three AM and I'm on the corner, wearing my leather,
This dude comes up and he's, like, "Hey, punk", I'm, like, "Yeah, whatever".


~Liam Lynch


better yet....let the man tell you himself:

http://www.extremefunnyhumor.com/fun_whatever.htm

[wildwww2]

33. The White House`s own male prostitute. Name calling. I`m sure

our country`s worthless attorney general would call that "quaint". Why isn`t Gonzales as concerned about prostitutes in the White House. As Ashkkkroft was about New Orleans. Oh that`s right they both have their hands full helping the real terrorists. The GOP party.
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