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Jeff Gannon
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James Dale Guckert (born 1957) worked under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon as a White House reporter between 2003 and 2005 , representing the virtual organization Talon News.
Gannon first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, in which he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered "so friendly it might have been planted." Gannon stated that this question was not meant to be friendly, but to expose the hypocrisy of the left.
Gannon then came under public scrutiny, in particular for his lack of a significant journalistic background prior to his work with Talon and his alleged involvement with various homosexual escort service websites using the professional name Bulldog, he resigned from Talon News on February 8, 2005. Continuing to use the name Gannon, he has since created his own official homepage and worked for a time as a columnist for the Washington Blade newspaper, where he came out as gay.
Gannon routinely obtained daily passes to White House briefings. He attended four Bush press conferences and appeared regularly at White House press briefings. Although he did not qualify for a Congressional press pass, Gannon was given daily passes to White House press briefings "after supplying his real name, date of birth and Social Security number."
Gannon currently operates a blog, JeffGannon.com, on which he criticizes perceived double standards used by both the "Old Media" and the "Angry Gay Left." He recently published a book entitled, "The Great Media War." |