'Gannon' Appears at National Press Club, Draws Heat (E&P)

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000874290

By Joe Strupp

Published: April 08, 2005 updated 11:20 AM ET

NEW YORK More than two months after he resigned as the White House correspondent for right-leaning Talon News, James Guckert -- also known as Jeff Gannon -- was back in the spotlight this morning as part of a panel at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

When the panel ended at 11 a.m. after the alotted 90 minutes, heated questions were still flying from the audience and moderator Rick Dunham of the Press Club told the audience members to seek out panel members afterward.

The panel had closed with Gannon refusing to say, under repeated questioning, how long it had taken him to get his credentials to the White House, something for which others have had to fight. Another panelist, Matthew Yglesias of The American Prospect, commented: "I have a hard time believing that you don't have a recollection of how long it took you to get access to the White House."

Gannon replied: "I guess they felt it was my turn."

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[ronnykmarshall]

1. What a dumb ass.

He should have unleashed the "Gannon Cannon" on that guy!

[Wickerman]

2. uh, gee, Jeff, its called, objectivity

used to be a requirement to be a "journalist"

... Why does everything have to be looked at through a lens that represents every point of view?"

what a moran.

[NYCGirl]

3. Seems Editor & Publisher is the only paper giving Gannon ink anymore. NT

[mattclearing]

4. What a great quote:

"I was about the only news source providing that information without a filter. There is nothing wrong with reporting what the administration says about a particular issue. ... Why does everything have to be looked at through a lens that represents every point of view?"

That's called journalism. You have to tell both sides of the story.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Sounds like GG is ready to take his place on CNN, Faux, or MSNBC

He's the kind of objective journalist that they seem to promote these days.

[Nothing Without Hope]

7. Not only a mouthpiece, he also plagiarized, copying from WH talking points

and putting his name on them. Not only a self-admitted propagandist, he doesn't even seem to realize that plagiarism can be a career-ending no-no for real journalists.

[Mist]

6. IIRC, when Guckert/Gannon was really pressed for an answer

as to how long he had to make phone calls and talk to people about getting into the WH press room (and he'd made it sound quite arduous), he acknowledged it might have been a whole week! Hard work, Jeffy!