Gannon/Guckert Canned by Washington Blade (TPM & fishbowl DC)

[chill_wind]

TPM links to story here:

Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/washington_blade_parts_ways_with_jeff_gannon_44172.asp

Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week. One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.

We spoke with Naff:

I made the decision...Basically, my concern is that he has a huge credibility problem, for obvious reasons, and if a member of my staff lied about their identity, lied about their name, lied to their editors, lied to their sources, I would fire them. I wouldn't publish them.

And this has nothing to do with his political beliefs. Our oped pages will always be open to members of the community of all political stripes. I will be reaching out to different conservative voices to get those folks inside the paper...Their views will be reflected in our pages, but I just think we can find better people to represent those views.

link:
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/washington_blade_parts_ways_with_jeff_gannon_44172.asp

[annabanana]

1. time to start looking for his escort page..

A guy's gotta eat...

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Tell him if he writes a tell-all book, we'll all buy a copy!

[roody]

3. No! Then he would suffer "suicide."

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. And the downside is....?

[eleny]

4. Did you mean that pun in your subject header?

canned :rofl:

[chill_wind]

5. LOL-- that headline comes from Josh Marshall :-) nt

[wicket]

6. K & R

:kick:

[sofa king]

7. So, is he going to squeal now?

Yes, I meant that.

[chill_wind]

9. I'd guess no.

As long as the GOP Rovian/Morton Blackwell Leadership Institute school of "journalism" exists (and it always will), this guy will never, ever be without a paid propagannon job.

[sofa king]

10. Yeah, I'm sure Regnery already has his book written.

He just has to sign at the bottom line and the royalties will come in. The book, of course, won't be worth the paper it's printed on.

[chill_wind]

11. White House xerox copy paper.

What a piece of work he was. What a wretched sociopathic piece of work they've all and their surrrogates have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue these past 6 years.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. The mind control therapy really worked well on Gannon.

[UTUSN]

13. Liar - Loser - Liar - Loser (ad infinitum) n/t