Guess who blogs for the National Press Club?

[Adelante]

THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LOWERS LOSES ITS STANDARDS.

Via fivethirtyeight.com, I've learned that the National Press Club has a blog. Good for them. Unfortunately, I also learned that one of their bloggers is Jeff Gannon. Remember him? The former male escort planted in the White House Press Corps to pitch softball questions to the administration when they were riding high in 2005? Apparently, the NPC believes so strongly in the journalistic norm of balance that they decided to hire a journalist whose entire career in the field is antithetical to those other pesky journalistic norm of integrity and truth-telling. Oops. From Gannon's bio:

Jeff Gannon is a member of the National Press Club, currently serving on the New Media and Newsmaker committees. He is also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online News Association. Jeff Gannon was the first exclusively online reporter to ever cover the White House on a daily basis. His commentary and analysis website is “Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media”.

I assume the cornerstones of this "New Media" are fabrication, dishonesty and partisan deference, right? Glad we cleared that up.

--Mori Dinauer

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=06&year=2008&base_name=national_press_clubs_lowers_lo

Only moderately interesting, I know, but it caught my eye because of the liar, Larry Sinclair.

[Cha]

1. This says a lot and none of it's good.

"Jeff Gannon is a member of the National Press Club, currently serving on the New Media and Newsmaker committees."

This is the face of our m$$fm..they have no scruples..it's all about how they can manipulate and con the American public. They need to go down.

The internet is where to find the facts..besides KO and Comedy Central.

[blogslut]

2. Sounds like Bobby Eberle is still paying your bills, Jimmy

How sad for you.

[PoliticalAmazon]

3. Any mention of golden showers? n/t