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By: ELIZABETH WEILL-GREENBERG COMMENTS
 
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Washington Blade and its affiliate publications have published occasional freelance columns by Gannon.
During his time in the White House press corps, Gannon worked for a GOP-linked Web site called Talon News. Bloggers began to argue that Gannon, and the so-called news agency, were far from independent.
They also uncovered that Gannon had previously posted a website advertising his services as a male escort and mainstream media joined in the reporting, offering varying level of details.
Gannon said last week that his critics have unfairly attacked him personally.
"My past is not relevant, and my private life was not relevant to the job I was doing as a reporter," he told the Blade. "It was a politically motivated act which still continues today."
McBride said Gannon was "operating as a mouthpiece for a GOP website," and was an open target.
"If he had just been a regular reporter for a conservative publication I would say no but because of the obfuscation - who he really represents, whether he was really a journalist, the question of who is this guy is very valid," she said.
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