Beefcake-gate

Good break down of the whole sordid Gannon affair by Joe Conason that I see via Kos. He hits on the point that really strikes me as most important, and most illustrative of how modern politics and media manipulation work in practice:

"Imagine the media explosion if a male escort had been discovered operating as a correspondent in the Clinton White House. Imagine that he was paid by an outfit owned by Arkansas Democrats and had been trained in journalism by James Carville. Imagine that this gentleman had been cultivated and called upon by Mike McCurry or Joe Lockhart—or by President Clinton himself. Imagine that this "journalist" had smeared a Republican Presidential candidate and had previously claimed access to classified documents in a national-security scandal. Then imagine the constant screaming on radio, on television, on Capitol Hill, in the Washington press corps—and listen to the placid mumbling of the "liberal" media now."

Americablog continues to be the best source for everything Gannon. Scroll down and you can see this former "White House reporter" in all of his glory.