GANNON RESEARCH ALERT: HELP WANTED!!!!

[Chicago1]

Dear All,

I found this on dailykos.com and wanted to forward it to you in case you can help out. Thanks

Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/23/121417/630

Propagannon Action Alert: Specific research help needed
by NYBri



Wed Feb 23rd, 2005 at 11:14:17 CST

Greetings, Kossacks. There are a couple of issues we need some help with regarding the Propagannon research.
More over the hump.

Diaries :: NYBri's diary ::

1). If you remember, the GOPUSA, Talon News as well as other web sites were scrubbed. We are putting together a time line of when those sites were scrubbed.

We think there is a huge story there. We would like to distribute that story about the specifics of the scrubbing. We are also looking to see when those sites were scrubbed in relation to when the sites were first mentioned in the Plame diary threads which can be found:

here: http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Jeff_Gannon

[caligirl]

1. Check post number 44 at the thread linked here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3091546

[mzmolly]

2. Here is the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3091546#3093467


Recommended.

[caligirl]

7. same link as posted above. same thread.

[mzmolly]

12. Same thread, but this should take have redirected to the actual post.

It didn't work for some reason. ;)

[BuyingThyme]

3. This is why they were scrubbed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3159978

It's the biggest plagiarism scandal in the history of journalism.

ATTENTION MASS MEDIA: This is news!

[Roland99]

4. Should start grabbing copies of the new Talon cut-n-paster's work, too!

[caligirl]

5. Wed Feb 9

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/02/all-of-gannons-stories-deleted-from.html

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

All of Gannon's stories deleted from GOPUSA.com Web site too
by John in DC - 2/9/2005 11:35:32 PM

Ok, something is up. Do a google search on GOPUSA.com's Web site for "Jeff Gannon." Here is what you get, lots of links.

Click on ANY of those links and here is what you get, NADA.

Faster than you can say George Orwell, he's gone.

So, just a question for those reporters who are suggesting that this is simply a liberal vendetta against a poor embattled conservative: If there's nothing really wrong here, then why are the conservative Web sites sending all his articles down the memory hole?

[BuyingThyme]

6. If you want to read the SCRUBBED ARTICLES

Just go here:

http://tinyurl.com/6qjuz

Then find the story you want and click on the "Cached" hpertext link.

It's all there -- perhaps over 1000 scrubbed articles.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Some of Talons 'writers' also posted the same stories on BushCountry

They are going to go out of business at the end of the month, so grab what you can while it's still there.


http://www.bushcountry.org/news/nav_view_links/columnists_index.htm


I know that most of the Jeremy Reynalds articles were originally published under the Talon News banner, I'm not sure about the others on the list.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Here's a link to a thread I posted on Feb-02-05

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3043410

when I discovered that Talon had deleted Gannon's bio.

Hope this helps narrow down the date.

[Issabella]

10. does media matters have any info?

[caligirl]

11. " So why did Talon News delete Jeff Gannon's bio?" Feb2/ 5:27am

This is the first link I can find mentionuing the scrub. Its found on this page in the archives page 162:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=browse_archives&address=104x162

after the Boston Globe article is posted.


This is the link to the scrub question.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3043410

[caligirl]

13. This was posted Feb8, on Feb 9 Americablog says art.s scrubbed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3074816

Per the latest from dKos:

Jeff Gannon aka Jim Guckert, and gay smut
by kos
Tue Feb 8th, 2005 at 14:47:46 PST

Oh man, reality is truly stranger than fiction.

"Jeff Gannon", the White House press propagandist "correspondent" for the fake "Talon" news service, turns out to be using a nom de plume.

A group of dKos diarists have been peeling away the layers of Gannon's fake persona, summarized by World O'Crap. In one of those diaries, this revelation is made by Radically Bitter: Among the domains owned by Gannon/Guckert are these:
jeffgannon.com/
Hotmilitarystud.com
Militaryescorts.com
Militaryescortsm4m.com
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[julialnyc]

14. link

http://mediamatters.org/items/200502100008

[caligirl]

15. Someone posted a direct link to a Talon news article on Feb 8

And John Aravosis has his article of the scrub posted at Feb 9.

Tue Feb-08-05 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #11
14. same article as above, but directly from Talon



http://www.talonnews.com/news/2004/october/1012_kerry_g...

Kerry Could Become First Gay President
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
October 12, 2004

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Inasmuch as Bill Clinton is considered by some members of the African-American community to be "the first black president" because of their perception of his positions with regard to minority issues, Democratic Sen. John Kerry might someday be known as "the first gay president" were he to win the White House in November.

The Massachusetts liberal has enjoyed a 100% rating from the homosexual advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), since 1995 in recognition of his support for the pro-gay agenda.

Despite his stated opposition to gay marriage, Kerry and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), who also boasts a 100% rating from the HRC, can expect to receive a high percentage of the gay vote, estimated to be around 4 million. Kerry voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996 and both candidates oppose the constitutional amendment to protect marriage sought by President Bush.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3075216

[caligirl]

16. by John in DC - 2/9/2005 01:25:52 AM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3077732AnnInLa Wed Feb-09-05 04:26 AM
Original message
"Jeff Gannon" RESIGNS



Wednesday, February 09, 2005

BREAKING NEWS: GOP pseudo-journalist quits!
the following from www.buzzflash.com

by John in DC - 2/9/2005 01:25:52 AM

From JeffGannon.com:

Jeff Gannon
A Voice of the New Media

The voice goes silent.

Because of the attention being paid to me I find it is no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News. In consideration of the welfare of me and my family I have decided to return to private life.

Thank you to all those who supported me.

"I'm sorry, but that hardly settles the matter. He's a family-values-loving reporter with access to the White House, revelations come up linking him with male prostitution, he suddenly quits his job, and we're to say "oh, ok." The White House has some MAJOR explaining to do." (buzzflash)

[caligirl]

17. Then also the morning of Feb 9 the wilson interview is posted here

Wed Feb-09-05 08:55 AM
Original message
Plame & Propagannon: Joe Wilson Speaks Out



Yes, Kossacks, while you all were out linking to military porn sites and fraternity house pages and checking out friendster (you sordid crew, you), I've been spending my past few days in a leisurely, wide-ranging email discussion with Ambassador Joseph Wilson, asking him the questions we've all been dying to ask him.

Now did I get the better deal, or what?

Mr. Wilson has been incredibly gracious and generous with his time, and we are deeply indebted to him as a community for the insight he's offering us into our research into Gannon, Talon News and propaganda. He's a Daily Kos reader, and while not a registered user, is willing to answer additional questions we may have; I'll compile them from this thread, forward them to him and post a follow-up diary.

So without further ado, the incredible truth-speaker, Mr. Wilson:

How did the interview with Gannon come about, given that it was a small-time conservative news outlet?

Gannon called me and identified himself as the White House Correspondent from Talon News, a conservative news organization. He wanted to do a wide-ranging interview on my position on the war as well as the Niger mission and the leak.

While I had never heard his name or the name of his organization before, I was happy to do it. I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government. At one point I recall Gannon as saying he was a traditional conservative (distinguishing himself from the neoconservatives, who in my judgement have totally captured our foreign policy). Speaking to the Times and other mainstream media is fine but those readers and viewers are generally better informed and often of the same perspective. It is those on the other side to whom we need to address the issues even more than to those with whom we already share views.

(more)
http://www.dailykos.com/ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3078635

[caligirl]

18. found another reference to GAnnon art. deletions here,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3080397


Wed Feb-09-05 01:28 PM
Original message
Google cache of Gannon's website >
Edited on Wed Feb-09-05 01:31 PM by Stephanie




I thought this was disappeared last week? Remember we were amazed that even the cache was erased?



http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:DeiHUoimdRMJ:www.j...

[caligirl]

19. another thread of scrubbing feb9 at 5:27p

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3082138

Wed Feb-09-05 05:09 PM
Original message
Gannon cleansing Talon News - Google Cache still up:
Edited on Wed Feb-09-05 05:27 PM by Junkdrawer


American Blogspot linked to several stories where Talon News covered the gay issue.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/02/holy-crap_08.ht...

Well, now those links are gone:

http://www.talonnews.com/news/2003/october/1030_gay_ado...

http://www.talonnews.com/news/2004/march/0308_blacks_ga...

http://www.talonnews.com/news/2004/october/1011_idoexis...


Well, the Google cache is still there:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3