"Jeff Gannon" highlights no longer available on the Talon News website

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(sorry if this has been posted)

Following Jeff Gannon's February 8 resignation as Talon News Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent, Talon News -- which appears to be more of a Republican political advocacy group than a media outlet -- removed all archived news stories from its website. Despite Gannon's claim that he is not "someone who takes a strong position and speaks in support of that issue," a Media Matters for America review of Gannon's catalogue of work for Talon (still available as cached documents via Google) showed that Gannon often used his news articles as a platform to defend the Bush administration and attack its opponents.

"Kerry's Alleged Intern Identified"

On February 12, 2004, The Drudge Report featured an unconfirmed report concerning a supposed extramarital affair between Senator John Kerry and an unnamed woman. In a February 16, 2004, article titled "Kerry's Alleged Intern Identified, Taped Interview With Major Television Network," Gannon advanced the baseless rumor, adding the unattributed claim that the woman in question had taped an interview with "one of the major television networks" in which she substantiated the allegation. However, as Newsday columnist James P. Pinkerton pointed out the following day, "The woman, Alexandra Polier, said that all the allegations were false. And her parents issued a statement supporting not only their daughter, but also Kerry's candidacy for president." Pinkerton specifically addressed Gannon's Talon article: "Walking on the even wilder side, an online news outfit, Talon News, asserted that the woman had 'taped an interview with one of the major television networks at Christmas substantiating the alleged affair.'"

"Kerry Could Become First Gay President"

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1. Jeff Gannon Could Become First WH Gay Reporter

[isit2008yet]

4. White House Journalist or WH Pornolist..

so he was being touted on Air America today.:bounce:

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2. I hope someone got 'em, first. nt

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Oh this is the story

that just keeps on giving.

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. I find it unthinkable that the $ will not lead back to the WH

or the GOP at least. This ringer, this phony, this fraud, I can tell you, has not done what he's done out of the goodness of his heart or strong ideology. Yes, they say he's been paid by talon news, which is owned by whatever so and so "Rich Republican"...but remember, it was the Nixon slush funds that were referred to when Deep Throat said "follow the money". Is there a bold reporter out there who can follow this money....hopefully all the way to impeachment?

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

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7. There's too much here. There's just too much.

It HAS to.

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8. Why do we need a "bold reporter"?

It pretty obvious these last few months that bloggers and sites
like DU are able to ferret out the information. Let's do it!

[Technowitch]

6. The Internet forgets NOTHING

Thanks to places like the Wayback Machine and cached pages, these filthy propagandists can run, but they can't hide.