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'''"Jeff Gannon"''' is the pseudonym used by '''James D. Dale Guckert''', unmasked in February 2005 by John Aravosis's ''[[AMERICAblog]].org'' Blogspot to be a fake journalist working for the pseudo news organization [[Talon News]], which is closely tied to [[GOPUSA]], a [[right-wing]] site owned by a Texas-based Republican activist. Gannon had access to the White House and was admitted to the White House press briefing room on day press passes for almost two years. He was recognized for editorializing before asking "softball" questions of the White House press staff and, even on occasion, of President [[George W. Bush]], to break up lines of aggressive questioning by legitimate reporters, thereby assisting the staff in controlling press conferences.
Investigation has followed at a feverish pace by blogspots ''[[Media Matters for America]]'', ''Daily Kos'', ''The Raw Story'', ''Crooks and Liars'', ''Media Citizen'', ''Editor & Publisher'', and other bloggers, as well as interviews with Gannon on CNN and MSNBC and through other media outlets, which discovered that, among other things, '''"Jeff Gannon"'''
