Remember Jeffrey Kofman?

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Don't feel bad, I didn't either.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8158-2003Jul17

Two years ago this month, he filed a report for World News Tonight in which troops in Iraq complained about having to stay in Iraq. One even suggested Rumsfeld resign. What did the White House do in response?

"Some folks in the White House were apparently hopping mad when ABC News correspondent Jeffrey Kofman did a story on Tuesday's "World News Tonight" about the plummeting morale of U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq.

So angry, in fact, that the next day, a White House operative alerted cyber-gossip Matt Drudge to the fact that Kofman is not only openly gay, he's Canadian.

Thanks to an alert from the White House, Matt Drudge helped spread the word that ABC's Jeffrey Kofman is . . . Canadian. (Courtesy ABC News)

Yesterday Drudge told us he was unaware of the ABC story until "someone from the White House communications shop tipped me to it" along with a profile of Kofman in the gay-oriented magazine the Advocate. On Wednesday, for 6 hours 38 minutes, the Drudge Report bannered Kofman's widely quoted ABC story -- in which enlisted people questioned the Army's credibility and one irked soldier went on camera to call on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign -- and linked to the Advocate piece with the understated headline "ABC NEWS REPORTER WHO FILED TROOP COMPLAINT STORY IS CANADIAN."


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And what did the press do or say about this despicable conduct? Why pretty much nothing. But wait, the Republicans are against calling gay people gay. We know that from the reaction they had when Mary Cheney was called a lesbian by Kerry (that despicable brute). Sadly we all pretty much forgot this when it was relevent to that little episode, but thanks to Frank Rich we should remember it now. It does show a window into a White House willing to do literally anything to shoot messangers it doesn't like.

One other thing. If you think this is distinguishable from Cheney in that Kofman was in the Advocate, think again, Cheney was on the cover of the Advocate getting gays and lesbians to vote for her father. Something I don't recall Lynne Cheney complaining about.

[babylonsister]

1. Yes I DO remember him (I used to be a big ABC/Jennings

fan until they went all fluffy on me). And, despite what spokesman Schneider said in Kofman's defense (from the article: ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider told us: "Sadly, when people feel wounded by a truthful report, they attempt to attack the messenger." A White House spokesman, meanwhile, disavowed the incident: "This is the first we've heard of it, and it would be totally inappropriate if true."), I don't recall seeing him on ABC at all lately. I wonder if he had to find alternate employment? :eyes: They're all a bunch of hypocrites!

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2. I never watched ABC News so I had no idea one way or the other

If there were someway to confirm that he is no longer there, I would like to be able to.

[babylonsister]

3. According to ABC's website, he's still

employed there, so I stand corrected:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=127105

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4. I am glad for that

It wasn't all that long ago that a gay reporter would have been out on his ass.

[KittyWampus]

5. Kerry's Problem Wasn't Mentioning Mary's Being A Lesbian.

His problem was, he didn't point out she was a PROFESSIONAL Lesbian who got paid by Coors to go around with Mr. Leather and shill in gay bars for their crappy beer.

And you know, I've never been in a bar that serves Coors, come to think of it.....

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6. talk about selling one's soul

though it is hard to know who was selling and who was buying. After all, the Coors brothers are noted homophobes of the first order and to have their money spent wooing gays is just as big a sell out as taking the money was.