Comments on: They Planted a Gay Whore in His News Conferences!!!

By: gaylib

gaylib — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:13:37 +0000

does that make it acceptable then? jeez. In case you didn’t know this isn’t some private club you have here. I said in my comment that I was directed here from memeorandum. If you are only beholden to the “FDL community” then you might want to publicize yourself a llttle less. If your rude response is exemplary of your community’s reaction to a suggestion that they might want to be a little bit more sensitive to a diverse readership, then I’ll take that to mean “my kind” aren’t welcome here.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Yeah, well, there are plenty of very open and prominent gay voices in and around the greater FDL community, and not a single one has evidenced any problem whatsoever. You are the only one, but your concern has now been made clear.

By: gaylib

gaylib — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:41:48 +0000

If Gannon were of a different sexuality or race or ethnicity, would the author of this piece have used qualifiers such as “straight whore”, or “black whore”, or “latino whore”? Somehow I doubt it, and if she did, the outrage would be immediate. I am sick of seeing so called liberals so easily slip into gay bashing and homophobia. I know I don’t comment here regularly, but I saw this headline blaring on memeorandum and felt compelled to let you know what kind of unintended effect your language may be having. I’m sure I’m not the only gay person who had this reaction. It is all too acceptable to use this kind of degrading rhetoric about gays, even in liberal circles. It is damaging to our community and it needs to stop.

By: JamesJoyce

JamesJoyce — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:27:51 +0000

“…dying press.” I wonder wonder wonder wonder……. why? Maybe they are not representing the truth. Maybe the corporate tentacles have compromised journalistic integrity and objectivity of the press. Maybe the ad space limits the ~~spin~~information omitted by design. The dying press does not have “hyperlinks” to offer evidence in support of one’s position? Maybe the press is really not free as we are indoctrinated from birth? But you know what, unlike the dying press Emptywheel and the like make sense and offer credible evidence to support their positions…….. unlike the dying compromised press.

“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.” –Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787. ME 6:57

“The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves, nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.” –Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey, 1816. ME 14:38

We are not safe!

By: Cellar47

Cellar47 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:07:23 +0000

SO glad you brought up James D. Guckert (aka. “Jeff Gannon”) What’s the old rent boy up to these days?

By: gaylib

gaylib — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:05:26 +0000

As a gay man I find your post title both offensive and homophobic. What is relevant about Gannon’s sexuality to the point of him being a planted journalist? You say it as if being a plant AND gay somehow makes it even more salacious. Sadly, our president’s lack of respect for the LGBT community seems to be rubbing off on the progressive community as a whole.

By: Petrocelli

Petrocelli — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:59:11 +0000

They have to defend their territory, even if it means pissing on their Jimmy Choos.

*I’m looking at you, Chip Reid !*

By: SparklestheIguana

SparklestheIguana — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:39:21 +0000

The Lehrer Newshour did a segment on Obama’s treatment in the media, and the issue came up of MSM reporters being extremely peeved and pouty when Obama departed from norms - i.e., calling on bloggers, and not calling on media orgs in the correct order, and not calling on longstanding respected media orgs.

Do they not realize what entitled spoiled whiny brats they come across as?? It is absolutely astonishing to me.

By: alank

alank — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:01:46 +0000

AP. ‘Nuff said.

By: MBouffant

MBouffant — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:44 +0000

This is the same AP that sued non-profit blogger(s) for copying & pasting AP stuff. They obviously feel threatened. And probably are threatened.