[BRIEF NOTE] The Jeff Gannon Affair
Feb. 16th, 2005 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldI'm rather surprised by the fact that I have to admit complete and utter surprise that the Jeff Gannon affair became such a huge controversy.
Please note that I'm not saying that the circumstances aren't bizarre. The discovery that the man representing a sham news organization created by Texan Republicans was, before his ersatz career in journalism, a gay prostitute who traded upon the fetishism of the US Marine Corps on his several websites was unexpected. Then again, before the scandal erupted I had no idea that Talon News even existed.
Left and right in the United States unite in their insistence that the second Bush fils administration occupies a crucial period in American and world history. Why, oh why, can't they find anything of import to report on?
Please note that I'm not saying that the circumstances aren't bizarre. The discovery that the man representing a sham news organization created by Texan Republicans was, before his ersatz career in journalism, a gay prostitute who traded upon the fetishism of the US Marine Corps on his several websites was unexpected. Then again, before the scandal erupted I had no idea that Talon News even existed.
Left and right in the United States unite in their insistence that the second Bush fils administration occupies a crucial period in American and world history. Why, oh why, can't they find anything of import to report on?
