Standing Committee of Correspondents denied Gannon Congress press pass

[BurtWorm]

According to Eric Boehlert of Salon.com, so why didn't the WH? ( ;) ):

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/10/gannon_affair/index.html

And it's not as if finding out the connection between Talon and GOPUSA was difficult. The Standing Committee of Correspondents, a group of congressional reporters who oversee press credential distribution on Capitol Hill, did just that last spring when Gannon approached the organization to apply for a press pass. "We didn't recognize the publication, so we asked for information about what Talon was," says Julie Davis, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun who is on the committee. "We did some digging, and it became clear it was owned by the owner of GOPUSA. And we had asked for some proof of Talon's editorial independence from that group ... They didn't provide anything, so we denied their credentials, which is pretty rare," says Davis. She adds, "There's limited space, and particularly after 9/11 there's limited access to the Capitol. Our role is to make sure journalists have as much access as possible, and to ensure that credentials mean something."

[aquart]

1. Gosh, and yet the White House credentialed him.

Golly.

[flordehinojos]

3. Yes...and the white house probably knew they were credentialing someone

who would shill for them...this bush boy, just like his brothers and his father, likes to pass for a very morally correct being when he is actually a very morally corrupt being. He knew what he was doing. The White House knew what they were doing. They were buying out Jeff Gagnon just like they bought Armstrong Williams and the other lady reporter.......and if you dig deep enough you might even find Judy Woof Woof as one of the one who is also being bought...she shills for Karl Rove, the bush boy, and the rest of the white house like a whore in heat.

[BurtWorm]

2. Ownership of Talon/GOPUSA "changed hands Monday"???!!!

"There is evidence that ownership of both Talon and GOPUSA changed hands Monday, just as the Gannon controversy was growing. More recently, many archived stories, including some dealing with the issue of homosexuality and defending the ban on gay marriage, were scrubbed from the Talon site. Eberle at Talon and GOPUSA did not respond to calls seeking comment."

:wtf:

[gumby]

4. Who cares what Salon says if you can't even read the article?

Yeah, like the mainstream media or the mainstream media buying public even ever knows about this.

Balderdash!!