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===Background===
===Websites Syndicating Talon's Content===
===Personnel===
'''===Other Talon News Contributors'''===
===Contact===
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'''Talon News''', although it [http://www.talonnews.com/about/ describesdescribed] itself as "a news company which covers political, national, and world news," saying that it "focuses on those stories often overlooked by other [[media]] outlets," is being was exposed as a "sham" news organization with fake [[White House "correspondent"]] "[[Jeff Gannon]]" who apparently obtained access for nearly two years on day press passes to the White House and White House press briefings through Talon's close affiliation with the [[conservative ]] organization [[GOPUSA]], a [[right-wing]] site owned by Texas-based [[Republican Party|Republican ]] activist [[Bobby Eberle]], and is guilty of plagiarism.
===Emerging [[fake news|Fake News=]]==
''The Raw Story'' reports reported February 24, 2005, that another blogger, "Ron Brynaert, author of the progressive [http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/ ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq''] weblog, has found at least two instances in which Talon news correspondent [[Leslie Wetzel]] copied verbatim or near-verbatim content from articles written by [[Fox News]] and the Associated Press." See [http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=125 "Another Talon News 'reporter' found plagiarizing mainstream press."]
It now appears that [http://bluememe.blogspot.com/2005/02/no-news-is-talon-news-update.html "No News is Talon News."] In a February 23, 2005, update, ''Blue Meme'' reports reported "Still not a byte changed since last Thursday... It is as if [[Dan Rather]] stepped down, and [[CBS]] News went dark."
According to the ''Talon News'' [http://www.talonnews.com/ web site]:
:"We look forward to bringing an even better product to our readers in the future."
John Byrne's <i>The Raw Story</i>, which has been was hot on the trail of the ''Talon News''-"Jeff Gannon" story, announced February 22, 2005, that [http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=112 "''Talon News'' appears to have plagiarized content from Fox News, others."] See ''The Raw Story'' article for examples.
However, this can readily be seen in copy attributed to Gannon -- and perhaps others who were allegedly "writing" for the ''Talon'' -- in the links to articles published with the ''Talon News'' byline in the ''Hawaii Reporter''.
The [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/list.aspx?Outside+Hawaii ''Hawaii Reporter''].com web site shows the Talon News byline beginning September 12, 2003, following the absence of any [[media ]] feed for the ''Hawaii Reporter'' during the month of August. Until that time, the predominant byline had been that of [[UPI]]. After ''Talon News'' first appeared in September 2003, it predominated dominated daily news postings. See the listing of "correspondents" whose names accompany the ''Talon News'' byline below.
Stories were allegedly "filed" from numerous locations, as would be the custom of correspondents on location, to include Washington; Sacramento; Los Angeles; Nashville; Wilmington, DE, New York; Pyongyang, North Korea; Montgomery, AL; and Bangkok, Thailand.
The last filing for ''Hawaii Reporter'' under the name "Jeff Gannon" was February 8, 2005.[http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?5c5d2b13-4f99-49ec-9cd6-ebe8baf1dfcalast filing] for ''Hawaii Reporter'' under the name "Jeff Gannon" was February 8, 2005. As of February 23, 2005, only two more items from ''Talon News'' were posted: one on [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?5684f75a-837f-428f-8cb7-f4a4b252a215 February 9] and the other [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?fd59574c-70ff-4bc4-8777-a8674b601299 February 17]. No other media feed has been posted to the web site.
Early February 2005, [[Media Matters for America]], revealed that for over a year James Guckert ''alias'' Jeff Gannon posed as a "journalist for ''Talon News''" at the White House press conferences. Guckert was best known to ask softball questions or to ask questions within the White House's agenda.
James Foser posed the question January 28, 2005, [http://mediamatters.org/items/200501280006 "What is Talon News, and why does it have press credentials?"]:
:"Talon News, a conservative company whose Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent Jeff Gannon is well-known for asking loaded pro-Republican questions at White House press briefings, appears to be more a political organization than a media outlet.
:"Media Matters for America recently highlighted three Gannon articles that were little more than reprints of Republican and [[Bush administration]] releases; Media Matters has also noted Gannon's role as White House press secretary [[Scott McClellan]]'s lifeline and Talon editor in chief Bobby Eberle's partisan political activities. A more in-depth look at Talon, Gannon, and Eberle casts additional doubt on Talon's claim to be a [[media]] outlet and raises questions about whether Gannon should be a credentialed member of the White House press corps.
:"Eberle is also, as Media Matters has previously noted, president and CEO of [[GOPUSA]], a "conservative news, information, and design company dedicated to promoting conservative ideals." Though Eberle has claimed on the September 13, 2004, edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country that GOPUSA and Talon News are separate companies, they overlap heavily.
:"Talon News apparently consists of little more than Eberle, Gannon, and a few volunteers, and is virtually indistinguishable from GOPUSA.com."
*[http://www.americafirstparty.org/inthenews/2003/talon-07-25-2003.htm AmericaFirstParty.org] (links directly to Talon News).
*[http://www.thelandofthefree.net/newsarchive.html The Land of the Free.com].
*[[Robert R. Eberle, Jr.]] (Bobby Eberle), editor in chief
*[[Leslie Wetzel]]
*[[Lisa Jacobson]]
*[[Mark Messinger]]
URL: [http://www.talonnews.com www.talonnews.com]<br>
[http://www.talonnews.com/legal/agreementp.shtml Talon News Subscriber and Member Agreement].<br>
===Who Is===A September 25, 2005 WHOIS record for www.talonnews.com: Domain: talonnews.com<br>Cache Date: 2004-09-25<br> Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.<br> Registrant: Eberle, Bobby (ISYFUGKQUD)<br> :2620 Sunday House Dr. :Pearland, TX 77584 US Domain Name: TALONNEWS.COM<br> :Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: ::Eberle, Bobby (24065026I) ::2620 Sunday House Dr. ::Pearland, TX 77584 US ::281-412-2184 fax: 999 999 9999 Record expires on 29-Mar-2006.<br>Record created on 29-Mar-2003.<br> Domain servers in listed order: <br>:NS1.DATAPIPE.NET 64.27.65.13 :NS2.DATAPIPE.NET 64.27.64.76 ==SourceWatch Resources===
*[[Bruce W. Eberle]]
*[[Rathergate: Jeff Gannon and Talon News]]
*[http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2003/09/talon-news-gopusa-story-file.html "Talon News GOPUSA Story File,"] ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq''. File begins with posting September 21, 2003.
*[http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/how-to-write-like-jeff-gannon-example.html "How To "Write" Like Jeff Gannon: Example #1,"] ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq'', February 25, 2005.
[[Category:Scandals]] A September 25, 2005 WHOIS record for www.talonnews.com[[category: Domain: talonnews.com Cache Date: 2004-09-25 Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Registrant: Eberle, Bobby (ISYFUGKQUD) 2620 Sunday House Dr. Pearland, TX 77584 US Domain Name: TALONNEWS.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Eberle, Bobby (24065026I) 2620 Sunday House Dr. Pearland, TX 77584 US 281-412-2184 fax: 999 999 9999 Record expires on 29-Mar-2006. Record created on 29-Mar-2003. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.DATAPIPE.NET 64.27.65.13 NS2.DATAPIPE.NET 64.27.64.76Fake News]]
