what a surprise!

Well, it turns out that getting a daily press pass to the White House press room is not quite as easy as "Jeff Gannon" makes it sound! Check out FishbowlDC :

WH Gaggle Watch: Day One -- REJECTED
As we reported earlier this morning, today marked Day One in Fishbowl D.C.'s quest to cover a White House morning "gaggle." The short version? The day passes aren't exactly easy to get. We were smoothly and professionally rejected access by the White House Press Office in under an hour this morning. The longer version?
Read on:

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Needless to say, they did not get in, regardless of being far more acredited than "Jeff" ever was.
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WH Gaggle Watch: Day Two

Day two, strike two. If you're joining this story in progress, a brief update:
Last week we came up with the idea of reporting on the White House's morning gaggle where Jim "Jeff Gannon" Guckert suddenly got so famous a month ago. We've been trying since Monday to get one of the "easy and available" day passes that allowed Gannon access for two years. No such luck.

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Read the whole story. They researched, they were polite, they repeatedly contacted the correct people, only to be told that the person they needed to speak to was "in a meeting" for days on end! Not exactly a surprise. I wonder how long they will continue trying? Will anyone in the "mainstream media" ever notice?