My research network is plugging away, but they need your help. Which reporter from a well-known media outfit supposedly has a working relationship with a DU poster concerning Gannongate? Now, the DU poster could be lying, or a brief exchange of emails in the night could have been misconstrued as a "working relationship," or the reporter might actually be using DU as a research tool. Nothing wrong with that, but just for my own curiosity I'd like to know.

Possible names bandied about include:

* Howard Kurtz

* Jennifer Brooks of the Delaware News Journal (2/10/05's "White House reporter quits under scrutiny")

* Charlie Savage or Alan Wirzbicki of the Boston Globe (2/2/05's "White House-friendly reporter under scrutiny")

* Mike Hudson from the Niagara Falls Reporter (Reply from the Niagra Falls Reporter!!!!!!!)

Other possibilities might be found in this article.