I get a little tingle in my bad place when Glenn takes time out to poke some overmatched Kossack with the irony stick. **** update: A NATION CAN’T TRULY BE FREE UNTIL PICTURES OF “JEFF GANNON” GOING PEE PEE HAVE BEEN PLASTERED ALL OVER THE INTERNET! **** update 2: BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRISY!* **** update 3: Intrepid Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz, the man who went out of his
February 2005
Eason Jordan shares an amusing anecdote with some of his former big media colleagues
Jordan: “…and then, just as I’m about to pay my little Iraqi ‘escort’ her 4000 dinars –” Howell Raines: “— let me guess: a US Marine sniper takes a shot at you and misses, but manages to kill 2 German reporters and an Al-Jazeera camera man.” Jordan: “No. The little bitch grabs my Pentax Optio S5i and takes off running. And that wasn’t very funny, Howell.” Dan Rather: “Oh, c’mon,
Anomaly
So I’m sitting in my living room, watching live FOXNews coverage of an East LA freeway chase and enjoying my lunch (a low-carb ham and turkey wrap with swiss cheese and sliced jalapeno), when suddenly I hear a very light tapping at my front door. Well, imagine my surprise when I open it and find none other than that Roaming Gnome guy from the Travelocity commercials—only he’s coated in blood
A call to CITIZEN JOURNALISTS
Dig, people. DIG! THE TRUTH (however revolting—and yet, strangely erotic) IS OUT THERE! **** update: Yesterday, when AMERICAblog broke the huge “Hairless former Talon News reporter photographed with a hardon” story, I studied the evidentiary photos provided (as a diligent CITIZEN JOURNALIST really must) and concluded that this whole thing is about Bush’s unwillingness to allow a 4-3 state supreme court decision to dictate an enormous change in social policy.
BREAKING “JEFF GANNON” UPDATE: GANNON RUMORED TO ENJOY MIMOSAS, ORIGAMI; SCOTT MCCLELLAN? BIG “WILL AND GRACE” FAN. DEVELOPING…
A note to those wingers wringing their hands over this loathsome “Jeff Gannon” character: NONE OF THIS is about Gannon being gay. I mean, that photo-rich spread on AMERICAblog with the 15 or so shots of Gannon luxuriating over his own nipples, or Gannon’s soldier-cock standing stiff at attention—coupled with the come-hither ad text directed at other, likeminded men? Completely incidental. In fact, when I contacted John Aravosis about it,
Film reviews in five words or less, #20
Saw (2004) Directed by James Wan. Stars Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Monica Potter, and Danny Glover. Five words or less review: “Yup. That’ll leave a mark.”
Jonah Goldberg: Trouble looms for CITIZEN JOURNALISTS
From The Corner: For years those of us who defended Matt Drudge against his more unhinged critics would grind our teeth when people would say “Oh you heard that on Drudge” when they really meant “You found the link on Drudge.” Obviously Drudge did real reporting. But as an Ur-blogger much of his stuff was merely links—and that remains the case now. But by calling attention to a wire story
The BREAKING JEFF GANNON STORY REVEALED: GANNON RUMORED TO ENJOY COOKING, BROADWAY SHOW TUNES
The rest—namely, the conclusion—is all speculation and innuendo: [..] It’s looking increasingly like [the Bush White House] made a decision to allow a hooker to ask the President of the United States questions. They made a decision to give a man with an alias and no journalistic experience access to the West Wing of the White House on a “daily basis.” They reportedly made a decision to give him –
