Comments on: Associated Press Writer Taken in by Greg Packer http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/ Harangues that just make sense Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Conservative Donnybrook » Blog Archive » Greg Packer: unstoppable http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-357973 Conservative Donnybrook » Blog Archive » Greg Packer: unstoppable Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:35:32 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-357973 [...] AP went so far as to ban Packer quotes from its articles, although that didn’t keep him out of AP articles for long. And you can still see his name crop up from time to time. It is has evidently proved impossible [...] [...] AP went so far as to ban Packer quotes from its articles, although that didn’t keep him out of AP articles for long. And you can still see his name crop up from time to time. It is has evidently proved impossible [...]

]]> By: Johnny Lumber http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282839 Johnny Lumber Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:05:34 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282839 With just a little effort we could make Greg Packer as ubiquitous as George P. Burdell. With just a little effort we could make Greg Packer as ubiquitous as George P. Burdell.

]]> By: Greg Packer http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282440 Greg Packer Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:01:11 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282440 Well, I plan on using the alias "Greg Packer" when/if I'm ever asked for a quote or interview for my local media. I'm not alone. Me and my circle of friends here in the midwest have decided to perpetuate the idea as a little bit of mischievous subversion towards media. Why not? Well, I plan on using the alias “Greg Packer” when/if I’m ever asked for a quote or interview for my local media.

I’m not alone.

Me and my circle of friends here in the midwest have decided to perpetuate the idea as a little bit of mischievous subversion towards media.

Why not?

]]> By: Wikistan » Blog Archive » Greg Packer resurfaces http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282369 Wikistan » Blog Archive » Greg Packer resurfaces Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:17:09 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282369 [...] most oft-quoted man on the street resurfaces again, after being banned for several years. Couldn’t they at least get him remark on the [...] [...] most oft-quoted man on the street resurfaces again, after being banned for several years. Couldn’t they at least get him remark on the [...]

]]> By: kcom http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282303 kcom Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:10:13 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282303 He's obviously the Jamil Hussein of the United States. He's an expert on everything happening everywhere. Except, to his credit, he actually shows up at the places he purports to know about. He’s obviously the Jamil Hussein of the United States. He’s an expert on everything happening everywhere. Except, to his credit, he actually shows up at the places he purports to know about.

]]> By: j melcher http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282298 j melcher Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:14:06 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282298 But if some pushy journalist happened to shove a mike in my face and demand to know what I thought about an event, I might just give some of the drivel he expects, a made-up address in Huntington NY, and the (fake) name of Packer ... What I'm saying is, how do we know the "current" Greg Packer is "THE" Greg Packer and not some copycat? But if some pushy journalist happened to shove a mike in my face and demand to know what I thought about an event, I might just give some of the drivel he expects, a made-up address in Huntington NY, and the (fake) name of Packer …

What I’m saying is, how do we know the “current” Greg Packer is “THE” Greg Packer and not some copycat?

]]> By: Claire http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282291 Claire Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:10:34 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282291 Sure -- Greg Packer they catch on to; Iraqi "stringers" and fauxtographers? Not so much. Sure — Greg Packer they catch on to; Iraqi “stringers” and fauxtographers? Not so much.

]]> By: Ed Driscoll.com http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282226 Ed Driscoll.com Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:21:44 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282226 <strong>You Know Him, You Love Him, You Can't Live Without Him...</strong> Mickey Kaus writes that The Pack Is Back!This is becoming a moving story of the resilience of the human spirit! Huntington, New York's Greg Packer, uncovered by Ann Coulter as "apparently the entire media's designated man on the street for...... You Know Him, You Love Him, You Can’t Live Without Him…

Mickey Kaus writes that The Pack Is Back!This is becoming a moving story of the resilience of the human spirit! Huntington, New York’s Greg Packer, uncovered by Ann Coulter as “apparently the entire media’s designated man on the street for……

]]> By: Kevin R.C. 'Hognose' O'Brien http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282151 Kevin R.C. 'Hognose' O'Brien Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:22:58 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282151 Well, it's not liks suckering the Associated (with terrorists) Press is <i>hard</i>. Well, it’s not liks suckering the Associated (with terrorists) Press is hard.

]]> By: DRJ http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282016 DRJ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:39:48 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/09/06/associated-press-writer-taken-in-by-greg-packer/#comment-282016 I agree, Kishnevi. I don't know what motivates Packer but, at this point, he's almost a modern-day media Kilroy. I agree, Kishnevi. I don’t know what motivates Packer but, at this point, he’s almost a modern-day media Kilroy.

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