I AGREE that Anderson was unexpectedly good, but....

[senseandsensibility]

why for the love of God, couldn't he call him on that "private life" B.S? Isn't it obvious that the last thing Guckert wanted was "privacy?" He engaged in all out exhibitionism on a ridiculous scale and is now trying to play the victim!

I noticed he wasn't trying the mean liberals are harassing him on the "way to church" line anymore. :)

[Haymare22]

1. He also

...sounded like he left something 'in the past'.....Is this Redemption Song starting?

[tuvor]

2. Cooper seemed pressed for time

There's a lot of ground to cover. Maybe he didn't want to dwell on one thing for too long...?

At any rate, he got an awful lot of questions off in those few minutes.

[Dookus]

3. Because it's not his job

to argue with the interviewee. Anybody who knows anything can draw the conclusion that guckert was full of shit. Cooper didn't need to say it.

He did a great job.

[senseandsensibility]

4. I respectfully disagree

Many professional journalists have called their interviewees on inconsistent statements, which this certainly was. It can be done professionally and not in an argumentative manner.

[Dookus]

5. as pointed out above

he asked a LOT of questions in a very short time. Any one answer could've sparked off a long discussion. Cooper was very professional and got the questions in.

As I said, the audience didn't need Cooper to say Guckert was lying. It was obvious. It's much more effective that way, too. If Cooper had made the claim, it would've seemed like a partisan attack.

I repeat - he did a great job.

[wishlist]

9. I agree Cooper let him get away with the invasion of privacy whining

It was good but would have been great if instead of letting Guckert go on an on about his privacy being violated, Cooper had gotten in some kind of comment at the close of interview referring to the fact that Guckert publicly posted nude pictures of himself and solicited customers for his escort services over the internet under the same name he was using for his reporting.

Keith Olbermann did a great job making that quite clear in his coverage on MSNBC tonight right after Cooper's interview aired.

[KharmaTrain]

8. Priorities

The Gunkert websites and his involvement with them are, and must, be a sideshow to this issue...and to the core of how he got into that Press Room and who helped him get there.

I think by tracing his money and political connections, we'll end up back at hotmilitarygays.com or whatever the site is and this time we'll have a couple more of "Gannon's" friends with him.

Cooper went with the issue of "Gannon's" credibility and didn't waiver from that theme...and went down the checklist of major inconsitencies that have appeared since his softball interview with Leslie Blitzer.

I was surprised Cooper didn't let up on him...and hit on the journalism and political side of things. These are the important issues to us since we need reform in both. Cooper couldn't have done us a greater favor tonight.

BTW...I'm noticing now Olbermann is using the name "Gunkert" only in his reporting...when others do, the "Jeff Gannon" newsman mask will be gone and the personal side then is fair game.

[LibDemAlways]

6. I'm with you. I hated when

Cooper euphemistically used the polite term "escort service" instead of calling a whore a whore. And all the dancing around the "private life" made it seem like the big bad Dems were persecuting the poor guy.

Not a bad interview, and better than we're used to, but not great.

[Dookus]

7. Do you really think

it would be better if Cooper had said "So, were you a fag whore?"

I don't, and it's silly to expect that he would've done so.

[LibDemAlways]

10. No, I wouldn't have expected that at all.

But, I sure would have liked for Cooper to ask, "Mr. Gannon, you keep referring to your 'personal life' and I would agree that one's personal life should be private. But isn't it a fact that you posted nude, sexually explicit photographs of yourself on websites in which you solicited sex for money, and that some of these websites were active until very recently? How can something you obviously wanted to be public, suddenly become private?"

All I was saying in the original post was that the euphemism "escort service" was kind of tame for what we've learned about Gannon.

[senseandsensibility]

15. Exactly!

You have stated it perfectly.:toast:

[icehenge]

11. I thought it was great

I think Cooper was pushing the "current" envelope.
To much pressure might backfire. Into whos face i'm
not sure. I could see the Repubs saying Cooper was
out to get him, and a bunch of other yada yada.
Better to slowly work Guckert over in my opinion.

Hopefully this is only the start of the investigation
into this man.

[RBHam]

12. The Limited Hangout - Psy Op strategy of deception...

Council on Foreign Relations members in the intelligence community and the media use a psychological strategy called a "limited hangout." A "limited hangout" is used by Intelligence Organization's when a clandestine operation goes bad; or, a phoney cover story blows up. When discovered the Intelligence Organization volunteers some of the truth while still managing to withhold key and damaging facts in the case.

The public is so intrigued by the new information it doesn't pursue the matter further. The new disclosures are sensational, but superficially so. Some of the lesser scoundrels are identified and publicly exposed to twist uncomfortably on network TV and in the press.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2807/LtdHangout.ht ...

[spanone]

13. Doesn't matter. People know he's NOT a victim.

You don't hang your 'business' all over the internet and then cry you have no personal privacy.

[tjdee]

14. That was a weak point, but it's unfortunate Anderson has to be the only

one....like he has to pack it ALL into his ONE interview because the rest of the reporters who interviewed Guckert had their thumbs up their asses.

He no doubt cut out some of the interview, as well (it wasn't live).

[Moxygirl]

16. My feeling is

that the MSM drones have to ease back into real reporting little by little so as not to risk having their heads explode. This story should come out piece by sordid piece so the repugnicans can wallow in their own self pity for awhile. Hell I want to be as sick of hearing about Gannon the man whore as I was about blue dresses.