One of our fellow brave bloggers engaged in the war on mainstream media bias has gone silent. Jeff Gannon (an alias), a DC-based reporter for www.talonnews.com, quit last night after salacious details about his personal life were revealed. We've long been impressed that Gannon, who admits to using a fake name, was able to wrangle White House press passes despite the fact that he writes for a blog, one that is supported by an avowed Texas Republican activist. White House spokesman Scott McClellan recently admitted that no other members of the blogosphere have been given access to White House press conferences. For the last two years, Gannon has asked McClellan and President Bush himself many questions/comments with a conservative tilt. Bush and co. were often able to use Gannon to steer clear of tough questions from the boring old "real" journalists.
Gannon came under fire for lobbing a softball question at President Bush, in which he took a shot at Democrats, during a recent, nationally-televised press conference. In the ensuing heat, Gannon was outed as James Guckert, a shadowy character who hosts several websites with gay themes (hotmilitarystud.com) and seeming connections to male prostitution. For a summary, see media citizen's story.
The bad guys even dug-up a hot photo of Gannon/Guckert.
Claiming the need to protect his family, Gannon quit last night.
God speed, Jeff/James. We are outraged that just because you had a false identity and a covert, swinging night life, and regularly took shots at gays despite your own apparent orientation, they took away your right to chew-up large chunks of time during rare Bush press conferences. You fought a good fight, but the powers of darkness are too strong. We'll miss you. Love, TKID4
