WaPo: Daschle aides knew about Gannon's nekkid pictures

[grasswire]

From Howard Kurtz's column of today:

Jeff Gannon's seamy past leaked out months before he asked President Bush a loaded question during a news conference.

As a correspondent for the now-defunct Web site Talon News, says the forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair, Gannon was hammering Tom Daschle during the South Dakotan's campaign to hold onto his Senate seat. Daschle aides traced an e-mail -- ostensibly from a constituent who wanted reaction to one of Gannon's stories -- to an Internet profile of Gannon, wearing only dog tags and boxer shorts. "The Daschle campaign spread the word, but no reporters bit," the magazine says.

Gannon doesn't deny advertising online as a $200-an-hour gay escort, but describes himself as the victim of "a full-scale jihad" by liberals. Vanity Fair says he falsely told friends he had been a Marine -- Gannon says he displayed military paraphernalia and "didn't disabuse anyone of that notion" -- and owes nearly $21,000 in back taxes. Gannon believes God bestowed a White House assignment on him so that he could atone for past transgressions, Vanity Fair says.

In defending his name change, the man born as James Guckert says Jeff Gannon has a "nice ring to it -- like Wolf Blitzer, which isn't his real name either." Actually, Mr. Guckert, it is his real name.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/01/AR2005050101084_2.html

[rfranklin]

1. Would they bite if photos on Gannon on top of Bush surfaced?

Or would they need corroboration from the hamster?

[leveymg]

2. and Told the Media, but the Reporters Kept It Under Their Hats

Kinda puts a different spin on this story. Don't you think?

:bounce:

[FreedomAngel82]

4. And I say

"what liberal media?" :crazy:

[Bunny]

3. Blitzer's first name really is Wolf?

Hmmm. True? Or more crap from Howie the Whore?
On edit - seems that's indeed his name, apparently.

SNIP
News anchor Wolf Blitzer was given his unique name at birth.

I enjoy the reporting of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. However, I’ve wondered, is that his real name? Is he really “Mrs. Blitzer’s little boy Wolf”? Can you tell me about his personal background and how he got into journalism?
—Marshall B., Virginia
Wonder no more. He really is “Mrs. Blitzer’s little boy Wolf,” named for his grandfather. Blitzer was born in Buffalo, N.Y. He majored in history at SUNY Buffalo and spent the summer of 1968 studying at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He went on to earn a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University. Although he never studied journalism in college, Blitzer was intrigued by a program offered by Reuters news agency. He applied, was accepted, and went back to Israel, this time learning the ropes as a young reporter in Tel Aviv. He went on to become the Washington correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and spent 15 years reporting from the nation’s capital. He joined CNN as military-affairs reporter in 1990 and was among the network team that won a CableACE award for their Gulf War coverage. He also won an Emmy for his coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing. Currently, he anchors Wolf Blitzer Reports and hosts Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer. He lives in Maryland with his wife and daughter.
SNIP

http://www.americanprofile.com/issues/20021110/20021110_2574.asp

[Submariner]

5. Wolfies His name is LESLIE

That's with an LIE at the end.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/4/8/164438/0185

More Leslie hits on Google.