gaypatriot.net - 1/13/2009
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Remember how upset the left-wing blogosophere got when they “exposed” then-White House correspondent Jeff Gannon as a “shill” for a conservative website/news agency ? They were upset because this supposedly closeted gay man was excessively deferential when asking ...
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Oh my gosh, I was thinking the same thing! Yes, that’s EXACTLY what they are, and they should have their noses rubbed in it MERCILESSLY! It would drive them nuts. Perhaps even Jeff Gannon awards for the most puffball questions. (Even though it wouldnt really be fair to Jeff, who was the only reporter in the entire pool trying actually let the White House tell it’s side, whereas we now have an entire press pool gobbling up whatever Obama feeds them and ...
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS: An Army of Jeff Gannons….
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THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS: An Army of Jeff Gannons.
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