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Gannon/Guckert, Hannity, Rathergate
February 24, 2005 ( politics )
We're either on the tip of the largest still-in-one-piece-after-global-warming iceberg and media scandle, or straddling many, many smaller icebergs.
Check TalkAboutGovt and NewsHounds for more from the original Raw News story, here's the scoop from Raw News:
Gannon bragged about passing a scoop on who obtained the troubled Bush National Guard memos to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on the conservative forum Free Republic.“Mary Mapes is DEFINITELY [sic] behind the story,” Gannon wrote in Free Republic on Sept. 10, 2004. “This is who I told Sean Hannity got the documents. She also obtained the Abu Ghraib photos.”
“I got the scoop and passed it to Hannity,” Gannon added. “Look for my detailed story on Monday at Talon News. There is much more to this story. Mary Mapes is just the beginning.”
That story–that CBS producer Mary Mapes was the source of the troubled Bush Guard documents–shredded the credibility of anchor Dan Rather and killed any chance the facts that Bush had failed to adequately perform his duties as a member of the Texas Air National Guard would be taken seriously.
A producer at a rival network told Aravosis she received a call from Gannon informing her that Mapes had obtained the documents. That network then broke the tie between Mapes and the questionable ‘60 Minutes’ report.
“I am more concerned with each passing day that the relationship between Gannon and the White House was anything but typical,” Slaughter said. “As long as this Administration continues to stonewall I will seek the truth.”
So wait, an uncredentialed fake news reporter (who's a gay hooker on the side), not only has press passes into the White House, but is receiving documents in advance of their release, now shows to have some connection to Rathergate?
There's more going on here... I'll make a prediction, as my earlier call on Iran is inching ever closer to reality, I think we're soon going to uncover a hugely interconnected propaganda effort by the neocons. CBS was set up, Fox is on the payroll, as are half of the other rightwingnut reporters.
Posted by griffjon at February 24, 2005 09:37 PM
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