Doonsbury Picks Up GannonGuckert Story

[Jon8503]

http://www.bloglines.com/preview?siteid=1071740&itemid=757

[katinmn]

1. Great! n/t

[Blue Belle]

2. I was wondering when this was going to happen.

I guess that's one way to the MSM - even if it's in the Comics.

[burrowowl]

3. Welcome to DU, Blue Belle!

I see you like my favorite penguin.

[Blue Belle]

5. Thanks..

I'm finding my sanity... and my voice (though it is still somewhat quiet) here at the DU.

Opus is my favorite. God Bless Berkley Breathed.

[SpiralHawk]

4. E & P has been all over the Gannon story from the start

This Doonesbury cartoon angle is just a way to keep the story alive. They know what they are doing. They are the nation's oldest journal covering the newspaper industry -- and they have a solid rep. I think what they are doing with the Gannon story is in the highest tradition of the craft -- the story being that the corporate mass media won't cover the "Gannon" male-prostitute White House stooge story, and the corporate mass media in fact appears complicit.

GigaDittoes to E & P

and the lead from their story:

Jeff Gannon Pops Up in 'Doonesbury,' as 'Toady' Looks for New 'Stooge'

By E&P Staff
Published: March 14, 2005 1:00 PM ET

NEW YORK Jeff Gannon has finally made it as a pop culture icon, proving that his 15 minutes of fame is far from extinguished. Forget the "Today" show, The New York Times and Time magazine: Gannon, the former GOPUSA/Talon News White House correspondent (also known as James Guckert), landed in the comics pages today -- where, some might argue, he always belonged.

In today's Doonesbury strip (its Hunter Thompson tribute concluded), a new Secretary of Toady Affairs decides the administration needs “a new plant in the White House press corps ... someone the President can point to when the questioning gets snarky.”

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