Jeff Gannon was eventually employed by the conservative website Talon News during the latter part of this period.
16 Facts About Jeff Gannon
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Jeff Gannon published a book titled The Great Media War in 2007.
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Jeff Gannon first attended a White House press conference on February 28,2003, and there asked a question of then White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer.
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Gannon's response was that the alias Jeff Gannon was a professional name used for convenience, claiming that his "real last name is hard to spell and pronounce," and that the Secret Service was aware of his identity.
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Jeff Gannon was issued one-day press passes for nearly two years, avoiding the extensive background checks required for permanent passes, and sidestepping his inability to gain the necessary Congressional press pass.
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Jeff Gannon applied for a Congressional press pass in April 2004 but was denied one by the Standing Committee of Correspondents, a group of congressional reporters who oversee press credential distribution on Capitol Hill, on the grounds that Talon did not qualify as a legitimate independent news service.
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The controversy over Gannon's background started after President George W Bush's January 26,2005, press conference, at which Gannon asked the president the following question:.
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On February 8,2005, Gannon resigned from Talon News and shut down his website, Jeffgannon.
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Jeff Gannon said that he has been stalked and that his family has been harassed.
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Jeff Gannon is alleged to have registered several Internet domain names, including hotmilitarystud.
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Jeff Gannon was questioned by the Justice Department in relation to the department's criminal investigation into the Valerie Plame affair, in which Plame's identity as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency was leaked to a journalist by an administration official.
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On October 28,2003, Talon News published an interview in three parts that Gannon had conducted with Ambassador Joseph C Wilson, Plame's husband, whom the CIA had sent to Niger in 2003 to investigate claims that Iraq was attempting to procure yellowcake uranium.
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Jeff Gannon said he had learned about its existence after it had been mentioned in a story published in the Wall Street Journal.
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Previously, Jeff Gannon had been criticized by Tom Daschle's supporters when he covered the 2004 South Dakota Senate race between Daschle and John Thune.
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In July 2005, Jeff Gannon began writing for the DC-area gay publication Washington Blade.
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Jeff Gannon's articles included criticism of gay blogger John Aravosis, who had accused him of having pornographic ads.