[IMC-US] STORY IDEA: PropaGannon scandal rocks White House

[Chris Anderson]

I think this is a great idea. I've been trying to
think of somthing almost identical to write for the
nyc site or for the next indy, but it should
definitely go up on the US site. I think one feature
is most certainly the way to go.

For starters, props should totally go out to the daily
kos on this; they were writing about talon and the
plame case over a week ago, i think. So the question
then becomes: what can indymedia contribute to the
tale when so much has been done already?

Here are some other links by a poster to the nyc imc



To answer this question, I think people first need to
understand the whole story-- which I dont. Does anyone
on this list feel like they've got a grasp on it?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/10/224122/709
From
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1581330

also see:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021105A.shtml
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/30/9415/11717
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=47
http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/archives/000156.shtml#000156
http://www.leadpencil.net/blog/archives/000234.html


--- Tribal Scribal <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This growing scandal w/the WH Press Office & Talon
> News' "Paul Gannon" goes 
> all over the Washington map with fingers in the
> Valerie Plame outing, 
> Swiftboat Vets for "Truth" slander, "Rathergate",
> and recent journalists on 
> the WH payroll pies. It's got Rove written all over
> it. I've been looking 
> into this all day and am totally drained. All i've
> got here are links and a 
> concept:
> 
> How about we feature this ongoing controversy thru
> the lens of Indymedia's 
> take on journalism? Can you guys come up with good
> links for our discussions 
> and/or statements on various Indy views on media and
> journalism?. How do we 
> differentiate Indy from soley partisan oufits like
> Talon? How do we interact 
> with the blogs? Did you know that media outlets
> applying for a WH "hard 
> pass" HAVE to have advertisers? :O (Talon didn't,
> another reason for 
> Gannon's day pass history). Am i biting off too
> much? Is it really two 
> seperate features? One on the scandal, another on
> Indy's take on journalism? 
> I don't think so.
> 
> The reporter in me sez' this thing is hot. The
> blogger in me 'sez it will 
> not go away. Ideas?
> 
> 
> d.o.
> 
> 
> Media Matters:
> http://mediamatters.org/items/200502100008
> 
> Daily Kos bloggers dug into Gannon's background:
> http://www.dailykos.com/
> 
> story background
> http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/1710897.php
> 
> some media response
> http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21226/
> 
> WH's McClellan responds:
> http://wmass.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/276
> 
> Indymedia in the Blogosphere
>
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/70187/index.php
> 
> 
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