Thursday, February 17, 2005

 

Frank Rich Smacks Down Blitzer

So apparently, a gay prostitute using a fake name was able to enter daily White House press briefings and even ask a "question" at a presidential press conference. Pretty boring stuff. More interesting is that this guy chose Wolf Blitzer of all people to clear his besmirched name. And media critic Frank Rich weren't too pleased:
"Jeff Gannon" had decided to give an exclusive TV interview to a sober practitioner of by-the-book real news, Wolf Blitzer. Given this journalistic opportunity, the anchor asked questions almost as soft as those "Jeff" himself had asked in the White House. Mr. Blitzer didn't question Mr. Guckert's outrageous assertion that he adopted a fake name because "Jeff Gannon is easier to pronounce and easier to remember." (Is "Jeff" easier to pronounce than his real first name, Jim?). Mr. Blitzer never questioned Gannon/Guckert's assertion that Talon News "is a separate, independent news division" of GOPUSA.
Pretty damning. I wouldn't be surprised if Frank Rich ends up meeting with a certain cybernetic killing machine; a meeting most people don't walk away from.
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