KO - Talon News: "Website taken down for a 'top to bottom' review"

paineinthearse

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:02 PM
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KO - Talon News: "Website taken down for a 'top to bottom' review"

....then cleared his throat.

too funny!

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Straight Shooter

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:05 PM
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1. Ever notice how Scott always says bush "will get to the bottom of this"?

Maybe it's been an inside joke for a long time ;)

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CatWoman

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:11 PM
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4. heh

at the "top" of the hour :D

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Me.

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:06 PM
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2. That Was A Hoot!

waiting for him to do the full story

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paineinthearse

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:11 PM
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3. Coming up next

KO rocks!

:yourock:

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Me.

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:17 PM
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6. Kept A Diary?

What a moran. I hope Fitzgerald gets his hands on it!

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thecrow

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:40 PM
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10. Like that will ever happen

That diary is ashes now and a new one is being written

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Rebellious Republican

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Thu Feb-24-05 09:44 PM
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13. Being written?

I am sure he provided enough escort services to top execs, to know that you always keep to sets of books! ;-)

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paineinthearse

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:16 PM
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5. "top to bottom" words were actually in the Talon press release nt

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Me.

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:18 PM
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7. Re-Evaluating...

maybe next time they'll go bottom up

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paineinthearse

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:20 PM
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8. woo-hoo!

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Catherine Vincent

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Thu Feb-24-05 08:23 PM
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9. That Keith is something else.

I chuckled a few times today. Gannon says he won't appear on his show because of the way Keith as treated the story on his show. Gannon may think that, but Keith, imo, would be fair. So far, the only one that asked tough questions was Anderson Cooper.

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FreedomAngel82

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Thu Feb-24-05 09:00 PM
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11. That's funny

Any video's of this anywhere?

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paineinthearse

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Thu Feb-24-05 09:40 PM
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12. Talon News Gets the Hook in Wake of 'Gannongate'

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000816639

Talon News Gets the Hook in Wake of 'Gannongate'

By E&P Staff

Published: February 24, 2005 10:45 AM ET

NEW YORK First it lost "Jeff Gannon" as its White House correspondent. Then it scrubbed all of his articles from its site. Now Talon News is going dark. The Web site, closely linked to Texas Republican activist Bobby Eberle and his GOPUSA.com, posted a message on its home page today announcing that Talon was going offline for, as it said, a "top-to-bottom" review.

James Guckert, better known by his pen name Jeff Gannon, got press credentials for two years at the White House under his alias, first under the auspices of GOPUSA, then Talon News. He has since been linked to male escorts sites and has refused to deny working as a prostitute, most recently on this morning's NBC "Today" show.

Here's the Talon News statement:

"The recent public focus on Talon News, while much of it malicious, has indeed brought some constructive elements to the surface. It has also brought many kind messages of support, and for that we are extremely grateful.

"In order to better serve those readers across the country who enjoy Talon News content and look forward to receiving it each day, we feel compelled to reevaluate operations in order to provide the highest quality, most professional product possible.

"Thus, Talon News will be offline while we redesign the web site, perform a top-to-bottom review of staff and volunteer contributors, and address future operational procedures.

"We look forward to bringing an even better product to our readers in the future."

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