The whore as journalist

To my absolute astonishment, Jeff Gannon/Jim Guckert (the phony jounalist planted by the White House who turned out to be a REAL prostitute) has been invited to a rather prestigious National Press Club panel discussion on blogging.

I guess the National Press Club has decided that since journalists are all whores anyway, a real one in the ranks doesn't make much difference.

Anywho, what's really rotten is that John Aravosis was NOT invited. John is the blogger who does AMERICAblog. He actually BROKE the story, and his blog is THE central cyberspace repository of all the information regarding the Gannon scandal. Any public forum about blogging and Gannon and doesn't refer to Aravosis is a phony one, in my opinion.

So The Agonist has fashioned a letter to the National Press Club insisting that Aravosis be included. I just asked him to add me to the signatories, and he includes a numbers for you to call, and email address for you to write to. I think calling is preferable, so please call if you can.

"This panel portends to discuss the meanings of the words "journalist" and "blogger" and whether the two are different things or one and the same. We note that this topic has once again been raised in light of the Gannon case, although the debate on blogs as journalism has been going on for years here in the so-called "blogosphere." As Gannon is not a blogger, we feel his inclusion means that the panel is largely about Gannon himself and what his specific case means in context of the discussion. We also note, as you must have, that Gannon's presence on the panel will allow him to once again air his side of the story. Who will air the other side?"

The mainstream press has completely missed the point of the Gannon story, and somebody should be on that panel who can actually explain it to them. The slimy Gannon really shouldn't have a forum on this subject unchallenged.