The timing thing is explained implicitly in Fleischer's interview.
Here you go: The entity Gannon first worked for was called "GOPUSA" obviously. Why else would Fleischer have been concerned that he worked for an outfit tied to the RNC. He would not have gotten that idea from "Talon News".
Shortly after that Eberle created his Talon News outlet, affiliated but separate from his GOPUSA site.
Simple, is it not? Unless one wishes to catch the Bush WH in some kind of SCANDAL.
I understand it completely, it's the left that can't seem to figured out who JG was employed by.