"Go Fig" wrote in message
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> In article , john
> wrote:
>
> > When I asked GO FIG if Congress shoul investigate Gannon, he was
> > strangely silent.
> >
> >
> > Do you notice the use of the word "consistent" in GO FIG' s response?
> >
> > GO FIG's reasoning must be Congress must investigate Thomas if
> > Congress wants to investigate Gannon.
> >
> > Isn't that great reasoning
>
>
> Helen Thomas has a permanent seat, making "statements" on a daily basis
> in her capacity as a pundit from the White House Press Room.... and has
> done so for years now. Gannon, on a few occasions, has been granted a
> day pass.
>
> The U.S. since its inception has had a Free Press, it is not the job of
> the Congress to regulate, quantify or judge the Press. That is why
> there is no investigation for either of these pundits.
The First Amendment which, among other things assures a free press,
precludes the government for electioneering among other things. Helen
Thomas works for Hearst Newspapers, not the government. Who does Gannon
work for? We know how Thomas got her permanent seat. How did Gannon get
his pass?
>
> jay
> Tue Feb 22, 2005
> mailto:gofig@mac.com
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