Wolcott on Gannon's Interrogation by Anderson Cooper

[kskiska]

Eyes Across a Crowded Room

Jeff Gannon, undergoing Jack Webb interrogation by Anderson Cooper on CNN, was pure comedy gold. Gannon came across as--how to put this euphemistically?--not-quite-bright as he stalled before answering each question like an unprepared student trying to bluff his way through an exam. (His bald head may resemble a lightbulb, but there's faint illumination within.) Even more hilarious was what a transparently bad dissembler he is. Jeff Gannon is like a buffer version of Jon Lovitz's "Liar," cloaking himself in implausible deniability to buy time until the referee rings the bell.

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…Gannon really does embody the Bush-Rove ideal of the journalist as empty vessel. His tactical mistake was to be such an Eddie Haskell suck-up at the presidential news conference and draw attention to himself. Otherwise, he'd still be attending White House briefings and sending Scott McClellan secret messages with coded blinks.

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[Dudley_DUright]

1. Wolcott is a national treasure

and he is quickly assuming a place in my pantheon of political writers close to the level of Molly Ivins.

[Athame]

2. Agreed!

He just cuts right to the heart of the matter, doesn't he? I never pass up an opportunity to read his Tracer Fire--so aptly named.