Loose "Gannon": White House Reporter Admits He Used Fake Name

Editor and Publisher ^ | 02/10/05 | Joe Strupp and Greg Mitchell

[Quilla]

I searched for the photos for comparison purposes. They do appear to be the same person.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/aol.jpg

http://americablog.blogspot.com/gannonmult.jpg

[TigersEye]

Good cross-referencing work!

"Moreover, in the interest of full disclosure, shouldn't someone ask Howard Dean if Kos is still shilling for him now that Dean is a candidate for DNC Chair? Kos, claims to have folded his consulting outfit, but let's just say his credibility is shot.

... The hiring of Markos Moulitsas Zúniga shows Dean has neither to judgment or temperament to fill those positions responsibly."

[sinkspur]

Why does Gannon need a "professional name"?

[Howlin]

I have no idea.

[Howlin]

We worked late into the night on this one:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340055/posts

[jellybean]

Time to start indepth research on ALL MSM reporters that have covered up for the Dums.

You're right! Does anyone have a list of White House correspondents? Let's see what we can find out about these "pseudo" journalists.

[Howlin]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/administration/whbriefing/correspondents.html

[Howlin]

Whoops......can you see that, if not, I'll Freepmail it to you.

[FourtySeven]

Well, as another poster said, if one's going to be in the kitchen, you better be ready to take the heat. This is an unfortunate setback for all who despise the MSM (both the right AND the left. Which, if I may digress, makes it difficult to believe this all broke from a blog, in essence, shooting themselves in the foot by besmirching perhaps the only real NON-MSM person there. Any rational group of people would simply say, "Great! We have one of our own (non-MSM, blogger, etc) there! Even though he's a right winger, let's try to get our OWN there, since now the precedent is set." Just goes to show that political motivations and loyalties really do run deep, deeper than any rational thought, at least for the left it seems). BUT I DIGRESS.

Jeff Gannon really should've planned better for this contingency. He should've realized that this would all come out. Actually, even though the bulk of this article seems to come from NPR, it really does make sense. I'll bet "Mr. Gannon" was indeed involved in these porn sites, at least at one time in his life, and I'd also be willing to bet that he HAS repented for those sins, as he's come to know Jesus as his Savior.

However, all of that is irrelevant, when talking about the world of the mass media, and the INTENSE competition that occurs in that world. The fact that he kept it secret, (probably out of shame or embarrassment as sinkspur suggested, which, who could blame him EXCEPT his competitors), the fact that he kept it secret AS he wrote articles CONDEMNING homosexuality and gay marriage, really is the killer punch here. I feel sorry for him, actually, not some pathetic PITY, but genuine concern and embarrassment for his situation.

Really though, it all comes back to his faith, and I think, if I may be so bold, he may be receiving a lesson from God right now. When one confesses one's sins to God, they aren't remembered by Him, so that MEANS you should NEVER BE ashamed to talk about them, openly and frankly, because the judgment of men isn't what's important. It never would've been important to anyone that he was an ex-gay, (or a purveyor of porn, or whatever it was that he did back then), if he'd just come out and said so from the beginning, when he was writing all those articles about gay marriage. In fact, the left would've dismissed his "ex-gayness" as a ruse, and probably never would've believed him. So, when THIS happened, all the "revelations" about the gay porn sites wouldn't have mattered one whit to anyone. I think he may be learning that lesson now, that TOTAL honesty is always the best policy, especially when dealing with a group of people (the left) that will take even the smallest mistake, and blow it up in your face, even as they claim "tolerance for all".

[jellybean]

Yup!! Got it...thanks!

[MeekOneGOP]

bump/ping!

[gymbeau]

Hey! Nice pic of Jeff Garcia!
He used to be QB for my beloved Calgary Stampeders before he went to the NFL. He was second string to Doug Flutie for a couple of years and then took over the reins when Flutie went to Toronto. I don't know how he's playing today, but when he started here he tended to be impatient and that led to happy feet, but our QB coach at the time, Danny Barrett, cured him of it and he became really good.

Cheers
Jim

[numberonepal]

You are gonna get me fired.

[AmishDude]

Maybe I'm the only one here, but I knew what Jeff/Talon was trying to be. They are a site that tells conservatives what they want to hear. They are like Salon in many ways. I always knew that. I love partisan news organizations, as long as they're honest.

But the way this happened was very slimy. David Brock and all that.

[AmishDude]

Actually, you don't have to give the real name, just tell us someone who is using a fake last name.

[AmishDude]

BTW, does anybody have access to this disgusting question that he actually asked?

[cyncooper]

I posted a link to the press conference at #74.

Here is the question:

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?

~snip~

[LS]

I agree. I heard Williams on Hannity, and he seems repentent. I think he just made a mistake, and didn't realize he was essentially getting paid to advance an idea.

That said, I worked inside the USAF and know that agencies of the fed. government use their budgets to advance their own existence or programs all the time. The only difference with Williams was that he was supposed to be an "independent" observer.

As for Gannon, the story needs to be, "Why are more Gannon-type questions not ever heard in a press conference? Why should it take a 'ringer' to ask such sensible questions?"

[AmishDude]

He would tell you it was a wise step, getting a professional name, given the threats he claims to have been receiving.

[sinkspur]

He would tell you it was a wise step, getting a professional name, given the threats he claims to have been receiving.

Well, I would probably phony my name up, too, if I had posed in my skivvies for a gay porn website.