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Blogs: student lifelines to the truth about Gannongate

Tue Feb 22, 2005 at 08:07:29 AM PDT

People have been questioning if Guckertgate has died. No way - it's slowly but surely seeping into the populace. As I check Google, and not just the headlines, I've been finding more and more commentary on university/student blogs and newspapers that explains the story and then points out that they heard it on the blogs. There's a terrific example from The Shorthorn on Line from the University of Texas at Arlington.There have been others, too. If it takes one campus at a time, so be it. But the story must stay alive on the blogs and on the web.

http://www.theshorthorn.com/archive/2005/spring/05-feb-22/o022205-03.html
The reality is quite the opposite -- and way more scary. Right now, the blogosphere is buzzing about James Guckert (a.k.a. Jeff Gannon, Hotmilitarystud or Big Fat Phony.)

I did not learn about James Guckert on the local news. I did not hear about him on any cable news networks either. I certainly did not read about him in The Dallas Morning News. I was not informed about this very important story by any of the traditional news media outlets; so I have two words to say to all you conservatives who claim that our news is delivered by a "liberal media": Get real.

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