Please use "Jeff Gannon" and "reporter" in quotation marks...

[tuvor]

...when referring to Jimmy Dale Guckert's pseudonym and pseudoprofession. After all, he is not "Jeff Gannon" and of course, he is no reporter.

Might annoy the lurking freepers, too, and who isn't up for a bit that?

[BOSSHOG]

1. I like to use third rate journalist

Lends a nice tie in to another wonderful republican administration, Nixon and his third rate burglarly debacle.

[Spazito]

2. I agree, using quotation marks emphasizes the fraudulent...

aspects of the scandal. There is NO way he was a journalist or reporter, imo. At best, if one were being generous, one could describe him as a hack columnist spewing propaganda.

[havocmom]

3. Can we do that with LESLIE "Wolf" Blitzer too?

Stage names are for actors. Real JOURNALISTS should do work they are proud to have associated with their REAL names. ;)

[tuvor]

4. Is that really his given name?

I thought that was just a debunked rumour.

I sure hope I'm wrong.

[havocmom]

5. was it debunked? turned up some sites on Google the other day

So, if that name is out, what is his real name? Surely he ws not born with the furry face, inspiring his folks to call him Wolf.

[Spazito]

6. I, too, read that Leslie is not his real name and that the "Leslie"

tag came from some show like Crossfire and was simply said in fun but it was quite a while ago, it was posted on DU I am pretty sure. I hope someone can find out for sure tho, would be helpful as I prefer Leslie over "Wolf" because it describes the panderer more accurately, lol.

Edited to add: Did an advanced search and found a post that says Al Franken called him Leslie as a joke but there was no link proving this one way or another.

[KharmaTrain]

7. Been There, Been Doing That

"Gannon" is the only way I post his name. And this is how he wants us to know him. He wants to hide and by using that name, he just begs us to dig deeper.