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The cases of MoG and Jayson Blair are fundamentally different from events surrounding Rather's resignation or the retraction of the claims in the Newsweek article. Rather and Newsweek ran stories about events that were based on fact- that is they actually happened in the real world- while MoG and Blair just MADE STUFF UP. MoG carried it a step further and engaged in ad-hominem attacks on the subject of her reporting- behavior that is totally unprofessional, uncalled-for, and possibly actionable.

As the Gannon/Guckert insanity shows, it's OK to make stuff up and pass it off as fact, as long as it's an echo chamber for whatever Rove told McClellan to say. MoG's strategic failure isn't that she's reporting lies as fact, it's that she doesn't have a bunch of religious whack-jobs employed by ClearChannel to repeat her lies as if they're the truth. She does have a network of MS apologists and astroturfers who copy/paste her specious claims, and Dvorak is one of those guys.

The media has 3 audiences, and are held accountable to two masters: the audiences are (1) sheep who believe what they're told, (2) people who are willing to read past the headline and actually question the news being presented to them, and (3) the people who made the news happen and want to see it reported a certain way so (1) and (2) can know how cool/important/rich/dangerous (3) is living. The masters are (A) the corporate entities who sign the paychecks, and (B) to a much lesser extent, the news-reading public composed of (1) and (2) who vote with their eyes and dollars.

The problem with news in this country today is that group (3) and group (A) are increasingly the same people, using the news media to influence the opinions of groups (1) and (2). We have a name for this kind of media communication- it's called advertizing.

Or marketing. And when you see an ad, the important questions to ask are: "who is paying for this?" "What are they selling?" and "how much did this ad cost?" So those are the questions I (and I think many other folks who have had opportunity to appreciate what PJ is doing with Groklaw) would like to ask MoG, preferably after a subpoena and under oath.

The cases of MoG and Jayson Blair are fundamentally different from events surrounding Rather's resignation or the retraction of the claims in the Newsweek article. Rather and Newsweek ran stories about events that were based on fact- that is they actually happened in the real world- while MoG and Blair just MADE STUFF UP. MoG carried it a step further and engaged in ad-hominem attacks on the subject of her reporting- behavior that is totally unprofessional, uncalled-for, and possibly actionable.

As the Gannon/Guckert insanity shows, it's OK to make stuff up and pass it off as fact, as long as it's an echo chamber for whatever Rove told McClellan to say. MoG's strategic failure isn't that she's reporting lies as fact, it's that she doesn't have a bunch of religious whack-jobs employed by ClearChannel to repeat her lies as if they're the truth. She does have a network of MS apologists and astroturfers who copy/paste her specious claims, and Dvorak is one of those guys.

The media has 3 audiences, and are held accountable to two masters: the audiences are (1) sheep who believe what they're told, (2) people who are willing to read past the headline and actually question the news being presented to them, and (3) the people who made the news happen and want to see it reported a certain way so (1) and (2) can know how cool/important/rich/dangerous (3) is living. The masters are (A) the corporate entities who sign the paychecks, and (B) to a much lesser extent, the news-reading public composed of (1) and (2) who vote with their eyes and dollars.

The problem with news in this country today is that group (3) and group (A) are increasingly the same people, using the news media to influence the opinions of groups (1) and (2). We have a name for this kind of media communication- it's called advertizing.

Or marketing. And when you see an ad, the important questions to ask are: "who is paying for this?" "What are they selling?" and "how much did this ad cost?" So those are the questions I (and I think many other folks who have had opportunity to appreciate what PJ is doing with Groklaw) would like to ask MoG, preferably after a subpoena and under oath.

GannonGuckert accessed the White House approximately 200 times over a twenty-two month period, simply using a day pass. That's twice a week for a two year period. This is fishy as hell. And ON A DAY PASS. If that's isn't regular access, what is?

The real question is WHY was he so freely there and WHO was behind this??



Secret Service Gave "Jeff Gannon" Unparalled Access to White House.

No two ways around it: "Jeff Gannon" is someone's (or multiple persons') Lewinsky.

Nothing else makes sense. The Secret Service cannot be that lax. He was being let in on days when there were no press briefings held and allowed to leave through multiple exits and without signing out (many long, sweaty romps, no doubt).

I'm cranking up the e-Rolodex and will fire this one off to hundreds of thousands, including every newspaper columnist and radio wag extant.

I bet this sick @!#$ is/was stretching Queen George, Rove, Scott McClellan and Ken Mehlman (and mebbe Andrew Card, who reportedly swings that way). No other story is hotter and more damaging to the Bush Admin than "Jeff Gannon."

From Americablog:

Oh, it gets better.

Many times he didn't sign in or out. Perhaps more notable than the frequency of his attendance, however, is several distinct anomalies about his visits.

Guckert made more than three dozen excursions to the White House when there were no scheduled briefings. On many of these days, the Press Office held press gaggles aboard Air Force One - which raises questions about what Guckert was doing at the White House.

On at least fourteen occasions, Secret Service records show either the entry or exit time missing. Generally, the existing entry or exit times correlate with press conferences; on most of these days, the records show that Guckert checked in but was never processed out.

In March, 2003, Guckert left the White House twice on days he had never checked in with the Secret Service. Over the next 22 months, Guckert failed to check out with the Service on thirteen days. On several of these visits, Guckert either entered or exited by a different entry/exit point than his usual one. On one of these days, no briefing was held.

"I'd be worried if I was the White House and I knew that a reporter with a day pass never left," one White House reporter told RAW STORY. "I'd wonder, where is he hiding? It seems like a security risk."

Full analysis of Secret Service access logs.

Sorry to thread-jump, but the following link of recent news deserved to be at the top:

OSPA formed

2/11/2005
Writers, publications to launch open source alternative press association

Non-linkified because I'm going home from work soon and I want to go there sooner.

the affidavit: http://www.rawstory.com/images/pdfs/CC_Affidavit_1 20604.pdf

his website (basically a big rant with a link): http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/

his vote changing program: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/votefraudprogram. htm

code: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/VoteFraudCode.zip

That took me to the count of 63 seconds to linkify. That includes 2 previews for the forgotten [BR] tags and removing the spaces you added to the links.

But I trust you fully enjoyed those 63 seconds of quality time at home.


Colin