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(116,464 posts) Sat Sep 21, 2013, 12:36 AM Sep 2013

Was Jeff Gannon a journalist? [View all]

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	1 (6%)
	No
	14 (88%)
	Not sure
	0 (0%)
	Who the hell is Jeff Gannon?
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Was Jeff Gannon a journalist? [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

no he was an asshat gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

Gannon was an embodiment of Republicon Family Values Berlum Sep 2013 #16

I remember that dude. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #2

Takes me back to a simpler time on D/U. sarcasmo Sep 2013 #3

ain't that the truth... madrchsod Sep 2013 #143

I sense this is a loaded question, and you're going to ask the No voters "well then, what about..." Electric Monk Sep 2013 #4

He looks like a journalist edbermac Sep 2013 #5

Just because he was issued one-day press passes for nearly two years Brother Buzz Sep 2013 #6

He had a column in the Blade Recursion Sep 2013 #7

Just goes to show anyone can call themselves a journalist. Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #8

He was a tool, but he most assuredly had White House press credentials. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2013 #9

Yes.... Iggo Sep 2013 #10

He was servicing Rove. xfundy Sep 2013 #11

I always thought that libodem Sep 2013 #32

Nah, my money's on Dubya,with his bald head fetish Lars39 Sep 2013 #146

tou·ché - . (in fencing) used as an acknowledgment of a hit by one's opponent. Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #12

I don't know yet, Feinstein hasn't replied to my email. Union Scribe Sep 2013 #13

definitely not reddread Sep 2013 #14

Excellent point! randome Sep 2013 #15

He was a GOP plant... Octafish Sep 2013 #17

I think it was determined he was a call boy madokie Sep 2013 #18

Well, obviously he can't be a journalist if we don't approve of him politically. DUH! Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #19

Huh? How do 'human and legal considerations' come into this? randome Sep 2013 #28

A press pass is not a device for consitutional blessing. It's for WH security. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #31

What would the sheild law do to change Gannon's status, declared by the WH as it was? Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #20

Thank you. What an incredibly slimy and manipulative OP. woo me with science Sep 2013 #22

"Whatever anyone's opinion of Gannon" What's your opinion? ProSense Sep 2013 #25

No less so than Chuck Todd but then again Todd gets paid so I guess that makes all the difference? Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #40

I agree. Slimy, manipulative, and downright creepy. A new low. nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #136

You comment is bizarre. ProSense Sep 2013 #137

"Slimy" Puglover Sep 2013 #36

As usual. /nt Marr Sep 2013 #43

Exactly. That is why allowing government to define journalist is bullshit. Luminous Animal Sep 2013 #23

Is Kos a journalist? ProSense Sep 2013 #24

Yep, I was right. Nailed it with post #4, above. Probably thought you were so cute, didn't you? nt Electric Monk Sep 2013 #51

My first and primary question was 'what's this got to do with the sheild law' and you did your Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #128

No. The fact that he was paid to portray one doesn't make him any more of a journalist Tanuki Sep 2013 #21

yes Enrique Sep 2013 #26

He was a sleepover@White House shaved hardbody GOP blogger with terrible taste in men leveymg Sep 2013 #27

Misanthropic Sycophant Monster orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #30

You should take a shower and get a blood test if you got close enough to know that about Jimmy Jeff leveymg Sep 2013 #39

Is he a freind to Kkkarl ? He's an enemy to all !!!! orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #72

Torquemada's toy boy, Kkkarls kid, new repugadet . * . * orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #29

At times he appeared to be a propagandist, but he worked in the field of journalism Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #33

The bill, ProSense Sep 2013 #35

Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #34

Clearly, ProSense Sep 2013 #37

all the same thing, press/people/assembly/petitioning/religious freedom reddread Sep 2013 #38

We should keep the name and the story alive. Jeff Gannon - GOP's favorite male prostitute. JEFF9K Sep 2013 #41

I googled him PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #42

Yes. He was a crappy journalist, but he was a journalist. Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #44

The bill ProSense Sep 2013 #46

In today's world I think anyone can be the press. Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #48

"the first amendment was written in a very broad manner" ProSense Sep 2013 #49

I think Spandan is a shitty blogger who should be rejected by all sane people Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #52

Well, ProSense Sep 2013 #54

I generally prefer to call him a douchebag Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #60

So any blogger is "the press" in your opinion? DJ13 Sep 2013 #55

So I'm "the press"? ProSense Sep 2013 #58

Yes. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #62

You can be, yes DJ13 Sep 2013 #63

So ProSense Sep 2013 #66

Look up the term advocacy journalism. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #68

I know what it is. Are you saying that a person pushing propaganda is a journalist? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #70

No. Propaganda and advocacy journalism are not the same thing. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #78

Actually, I'd say that both you and Gannon would be more accurately described as propagandists Electric Monk Sep 2013 #71

So ProSense Sep 2013 #73

If they're analyzing or reporting on current events or things in the public interest, yes. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #59

Wait, ProSense Sep 2013 #64

That would be shitty tabloid journalism, but SCOTUS has repeatedly defended even that NuclearDem Sep 2013 #65

Freedom of speech, ProSense Sep 2013 #69

In the first great press case in the US. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #75

What does that have to do with Orly Taitz specifically? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #81

So you just asked what a case that defended a tabloid publisher of nonsense NuclearDem Sep 2013 #83

No, I asked: ProSense Sep 2013 #89

Yes. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #45

What exactly ProSense Sep 2013 #47

He covered the White House, got press credentials, was published, and had a readership. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #50

Well, ProSense Sep 2013 #53

"Better 100 guilty men go free than 1 be imprisoned." WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #57

I suppose that's ProSense Sep 2013 #61

If what they are putting into writing is meant to inform, yes. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #67

Gannon's GOPUSA propaganda disguised as news was "meant to inform"? ProSense Sep 2013 #74

What kind of "jounalist" do you think a government would authorize? DJ13 Sep 2013 #76

"Who determines what is 'meant to inform'? WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #80

Thanks for posting that, but ProSense Sep 2013 #82

I already addressed that. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #87

Yes or no ProSense Sep 2013 #90

Yes. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #102

So intentional distortions and propaganda are journalism? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #104

We're talking in circles, Pro. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #105

I don't buy that. ProSense Sep 2013 #107

So for the sake of thwarting one already-discredited fraud, WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #109

No, you don't appear to know what's in the bill or its purpose. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #145

When he wasn't pimping himself out for sexual service he wrote for a right wing rag notadmblnd Sep 2013 #56

Yes but a very poor one. nt Live and Learn Sep 2013 #77

IT DOES NOT MATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #79

"his right to speech takes precedence over a journalist's" ProSense Sep 2013 #85

Why does it matter? Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #86

I stated why, and ProSense Sep 2013 #93

Well, you'll have to restate it, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #95

He is protected by the 1st Amendment, from government interference sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #84

Again ProSense Sep 2013 #91

Once again, why does it matter? Answer that question. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #92

You got your answer above and in this comment. Now address the point. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #94

There is no point at all, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #96

The Constitution is clear on this. You are so wrong on this issue it boggles sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #97

No, and your opinion is ProSense Sep 2013 #99

The 'press'. Where do you think the word came from? Was Ben Franklin sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #134

What? ProSense Sep 2013 #135

??? Let me ask YOU that question: sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #147

"you can say anything, put it in writing, but it doesn't mean you're a journalist or the press." Chan790 Sep 2013 #120

How about ProSense Sep 2013 #133

.... SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #88

Is John Stewart? Stephen Colbert? Glen Greenwald? Matt Taibbi? Greg Palast? SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #98

when CNN was propagandizing to push the invasion of Iraq or the impeachment of Clinton, were they Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #100

He was a useful idiot, paid to try to dictate the news Warpy Sep 2013 #101

I find the tendency toward authoritarianism by the majority of poll respondents here very disturbing Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #103

Actually, ProSense Sep 2013 #106

for all practical purposes it does - it define who is protected under shield laws and who is not Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #110

How did the 1st Amendment ever survive 224 years without defining journalist (or press)? Faryn Balyncd Sep 2013 #108

"Currently, 40 states have shield laws..." ProSense Sep 2013 #111

Thanks for the link. Faryn Balyncd Sep 2013 #132

Yes..a pukey yes but a yes. TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #112

Jeff Gannon is a State farm agent in Mt. Juliet, TN OmahaBlueDog Sep 2013 #113

Are you? Aerows Sep 2013 #114

No, that's not what I'm "saying" ProSense Sep 2013 #115

But that is what you are endorsing Aerows Sep 2013 #116

No, it isn't. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #117

Yes, it is Aerows Sep 2013 #118

No, and ProSense Sep 2013 #119

Prosense, you aren't going to win this one Aerows Sep 2013 #121

You don't know what you're talking about ProSense Sep 2013 #124

I think I have a far better argument than you do Aerows Sep 2013 #125

Well, ProSense Sep 2013 #126

Good luck on this one Aerows Sep 2013 #127

Not a problem ProSense Sep 2013 #129

I don't support a law Aerows Sep 2013 #131

Wasn't He W's Man-Date? Wolf Frankula Sep 2013 #122

Yes he was. dawg Sep 2013 #123

He's every bit as much a journalist as Britt Hume and Chuck Todd..... Rowdyboy Sep 2013 #130

Dang! Caretha Sep 2013 #138

"You left an option out" ProSense Sep 2013 #139

That's Caretha Sep 2013 #140

At least you agree it was "stupid." ProSense Sep 2013 #141

Yes I do Caretha Sep 2013 #142

Like I said, stop projecting. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #144

What's the point here? JG could have been a journo AND a male prostitute for a WH resident. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #148