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Host: Re your challenge on the Gannon matter. Sorry, I completely missed your post.
I'll agree with you that it was the blog that figured it out (journos sorta fell down there - more on that in a minute) but it was the mainstream media that reported it after the blog discovered it.
Now, the reason I only say journos sort of failed there. You gotta understand. There are a LOT of dipshits in this business, just as there are in any other. Just because someone is incompetent or asks idiotic questions does not mean they're a planted stooge. They could just be a moron.
I honestly don't know enough about the individual comments reporters made to "Gannon" before he was exposed - I know they said he didn't belong there, but exactly what did they mean by that? I haven't been able to find out. "You don't belong here" could be taken two ways: 1) "You're not a real journalist, get the hell out" or 2) "You're a complete moron. Stop wasting our time. If it's 2, then there's no reason to raise a fuss.
Furthermore, once again we beat our heads against the trap the media has bought itself into. If a real journalist were to discover who gannon was and expose him, that real journalist would instantly be labeled part of the "liberal media" and every effort would be made to marginalize him and his report.
Especially interesting since there's no such thing as the liberal media. Media outlets are pretty much universally owned by corporations, which understandably lean conservative since the conservatives are the more business-friendly. Why would they hire a bunch of loudmouthed liberals and tell them to go out and spread liberalism if they want to encourage conservatism?
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