On Jeff Gannon and Bush

The thing that people who defend Bush on the Gannon affair and who accuse the critics of Jeff Gannon of "homophobia" (For example, the neocon blonde bimbo) don't seem to understand is that the real issue here is governmental manipulation of the media.
The concern here is whether the Bush administration is trying to push propaganda disguised as journalism.
The typical neocon response is that due to the liberal media, all journalism is propaganda anyway, so they have every right to make their own.
Well, I hate to say this, but there is a big difference between a news report being biased and between it being controlled by the government, or the administration, it is reporting on. That Sean Hannity is biased in favor of Bush if far different than Jeff Gannon apparently being given special access by the administration (presumably) in return for reporting propaganda, just as there is a difference in a court case between a judge being prejudiced by his personal beliefs and having a personal conflict of interest.
It is in this light that I give this link to an entry on the antiwar.com blog where Bush essentially says that the administration bears no responsibility if the administration gives propaganda ("prepackaged stories" called "video news releases") to the media and the media does not disclose the source.

Here is the link.

That is all.