Jeff Gannon
Jeff Gannon
James Dale Guckert is an American conservative columnist better known by the pseudonym Jeff Gannon. Between 2003 and 2005, he was given credentials as a White House reporter. He was eventually employed by the conservative website Talon News during the latter part of this period. Gannon first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, when he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered "so friendly it...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
There's a lot of things being said about me out there. A lot of things that have nothing to do with the reporting I've done for the last two years.
All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted.
My name is James Guckert. Well, when you read it, it's always pronounced some other way.