American Enterprise Institute published "Jeff Gannon"
Media Matters
The American Enterprise, the monthly magazine of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI), published a "Short News and Commentary"
article by former Talon News White House correspondent Jeff Gannon (aka James Guckert) in its March 2004 issue.
Media Matters for America demonstrated that Gannon has served as a lifeline for White House press secretary Scott McClellan at press briefings and that Gannon copied GOP documents and releases verbatim and without attribution for use in his articles.
link to AEI members-list and more, below
The American Enterprise describes itself as "fiercely independent" and boasts that "we gather the best and brightest writers and thinkers -- from wherever. We don't have a party line -- just a requirement for non-wishy-washy, tightly reasoned, bravely honest arguments. We believe that being well-informed is more important than being proselytized." In the article, which is about a former opponent of the U.S.-led war in Iraq who now supports it, Gannon is identified as the "Washington bureau chief for Talon News." Karl Zinsmeister, J.B. Fuqua Fellow at AEI, has served as editor-in-chief of The American Enterprise since 1994.
Scholars and fellows at AEI include former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); author, National Review contributing editor and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum; Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney; and author John R. Lott Jr., who has been criticized for using disputed research, embellishing his credentials, and writing under a pseudonym to respond to criticism of him, as Media Matters has noted.
-- S.S.M.
Posted to the web on Thursday February 17, 2005 at 1:02 PM EST
the connection to AEI is a sweet, sweet thing, i think, and believe that it ties the story back to the larger presstitution ring of the other propagandists. in fact, it was the Armstrong Williams story breaking that prompted me to finally get my ass in gear and post links to the memberlists of PNAC, AEI, and Carlyle Group in a diary here that i'd constructed mid to late 2003. an effort was mobilizing, at that time here on dKos to FOIA-out all the bu$h-whores and i thought to help by identifying among the first places to look, in the brothels.
man, i hope this is the beginning of the end of instutionalized presstitution!!