Here is the question that Jeff Gannon asked at the White House Press conference, which prompted the liberals to go after him:
"Senate Democratic leaders have painted a very bleak picture of the US 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?"
http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/yz/z-misc/zieve/2005/zieve020205.htm
The part I'm just not understanding is why he quit.It would seem that he could just tough it out.
I don't understand why the Republican owner of Talon News gave the lefties this victory. After all, wasn't Jeff Gannon doing a good job? Why did he have to leave -- Talon News writes his paycheck, not Kos.
Why have all of Gannon's past articles been taken off of Talon News' site?
Even if the leftie blogs reports of Gannon's link to web sites like HotMilitaryStuds.com were true --and we haven't heard Gannon's reply -- why act in a matter suggesting there's something to hide? In these cases, it's often better to give a Clintonian grin and ask "what's wrong with that?" rather than to acknowledge that an enemy has the right to criticize --or to act as if their criticism is justified.
It's good for the news to be presented from a conservative viewpoint. Without Jeff at the White House Press briefings, we are unlikely to hear questions that allow President Bush to fully explain his positions. The problems with gay marriage, for example.
Or how the President's tax cuts have supported the growth of entrepreneurial Internet businesses. Nor are we likely to hear about how the President plans to create new jobs for soldiers in the Reserve as they return from Iraqi deployments.