Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media - The voice goes silent.

jeffgannon.com ^ | February 9, 2005 | Jeff Gannon

[MurryMom]

Jeff Gannon

A Voice of the New Media

The voice goes silent.

Because of the attention being paid to me I find it is no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News. In consideration of the welfare of me and my family I have decided to return to private life.

Thank you to all those who supported me.

[dirtboy]

Yes, how dare any journalist take on the liberal media establishment and the Democrats in Congress. Such a horrible act is an unforgivable sin.

Well, any such journalist in question should not have the same fact-checking lapses as the liberal media, or else they set themselves up as a target.

[Miss Marple]

Unfortunately, the other thread on this subject has been pulled. I find it higihly suspicious that TWO recently registered freepers both suddenly saw rumors about Mr. Gannon on unnamed blogs, and voila! MurryMom pops up apparently ready to pounce on this story.

Sorry, but I am tired of people who show up here to stir the pot, and this looks like one of these occasions to me.

[sasafras]

MurryMom is a liberal dont waste your time with this nut. MurryMom what are you doing on this board - I looked at your forum posts and confirmed that you are a liberal democrat. Whats up with this? dont you enjoy posting on the DU board with your leftest buddies?

[Lazamataz]

Interesting...there is another thread up on this subject in which another new registrant is telling us about how all this dirt on Mr. Gannon was uncovered in the blogosphere. I am growing increasingly suspicious.

First of all, Gannon is not the registrant of the gay web sites. His site and many others are registered by a J. Daniels and the Bedrock Corporation. People often register their domain names through a professional organization who's only occupation is to do just this.

Secondly, here's the link.

[Trueredstater]

Go to DailyKos. There is a story on the front page.

[OXENinFLA]

He's right, the "soup line" quote was from Rush.

Rush was describing Reid way of describing the economy.

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Q Thank you. Senate Democratic leaders have painted a very bleak picture of the U.S. economy. Harry Reid was talking about soup lines, and Hillary Clinton was talking about the economy being on the verge of collapse. Yet, in the same breath, they say that Social Security is rock-solid and there's no crisis there. How are you going to work -- you said you're going to reach out to these people -- how are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?

[AppyPappy]

Please MM, more. Your bitter tears are like Champagne to us.

[mystery-ak]

Could you please respond?

[Miss Marple]

I don't go to DailyKos, and I will not do so. That is a leftist site and I don't want any of their cooties on my computer.

If that is your source, you are treading on thin ice.

[dirtboy]

Sorry, but I am tired of people who show up here to stir the pot, and this looks like one of these occasions to me.

We know MurryMom is our resident troll, kept around for target practice. The other poster has not shown troll tendencies by his previous posts.

If Gannon used a quote from someone and didn't fact check, that is a significant journalistic lapse. Just because Petah Jennings does it doesn't mean it is therefore not a serious manner when one of our own does it.

[AmishDude]

Here is the Daily Kos link the other newbie was talking about. (a) The premise is that Gannon is gay and therefore is hypocritical if he is a Republican. Not sure how that ties together, but Kos is positively insane about it. (b) I can't find anything on whois about any of these sites.

[Trueredstater]

I read all sites. If reading contrary opinions is a crime, then I am guilty.

In addition, I am not vouching for the validity of the comment. But, it was posted.

[js1138]

Don't know what happened to other people's predictions, but the last time I posted to you, I thought I was being optimistic to predict 9000 before the Bush reelection. (The Dow was about 7500 at the time.) I also predicted a pickup of one congressional seat for each hundred points above 9000.

So I was off on the congressional pickup, but I didn't anticipate the anti-war venom exuded by the dems. I'd say the dems are trying to fill an inside straight on this one. It's tough to get a majority when your are rooting for facists and comparing them to Minutemen.

[Miss Marple]

A failure to fact check one time is an error. It is not a cause for resignation, especially if it was an honest mistake and not a deliberate attempt to deceive.

Why should one error cause someone to post that he is leaving "for the welfare of his family?"

I am not going to get sidetracked by arguing about the quote. THAT isn't the reason for Gannon's quitting.

[dirtboy]

Ping to 106.

[goldstategop]

LOUSY FREEPER TROLL! ;-) At least from the legacy media's point of view.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[AmishDude]

First of all, Gannon is not the registrant of the gay web sites. His site and many others are registered by a J. Daniels and the Bedrock Corporation. People often register their domain names through a professional organization who's only occupation is to do just this.

Yep.

[Dog]

Sounds like he thinks he's a star or a politician. And that's the whole problem with journalists today.

Wrong Jeff is/was a voice of reason in the White House Press Room ...who would ask nonBush Bashing questions and the liberal media herd took offense with his questions and decided he had to go.

But not a word from the herd on Eason Jordan calling American troops murderers.

[Lazamataz]

LOL! I'm fully invested now, still reaping benefits from the Clinton-Gore prosperity that has lasted 4+ years past the FL debacle.

LOL!!!! That is a priceless quote.

My only surprise is that you didn't try to claim Jimmuh Carter was responsible for the current prosperity. After all, makes about as much sense.

[mhking]

Fine. We're going to let you linger around. But you still have to follow the posting rules -- use the original headline to avoid duplication.

Troll.