Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon

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Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week. One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.

We spoke with Naff:

I made the decision...Basically, my concern is that he has a huge credibility problem, for obvious reasons, and if a member of my staff lied about their identity, lied about their name, lied to their editors, lied to their sources, I would fire them. I wouldn't publish them.

And this has nothing to do with his political beliefs. Our oped pages will always be open to members of the community of all political stripes. I will be reaching out to different conservative voices to get those folks inside the paper...Their views will be reflected in our pages, but I just think we can find better people to represent those views.

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1. I would differ with Mr Naff on one respect

The fact that guckert is a liar of enormous proportions has everything to do with his political beliefs.

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2. Regardless of what the hell the reason is I am starting

to wonder if Jeffey boy is getting a complex from being dumped so many times. He'll have to go back to hookin' soon.

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3. Play to your strength Jeff

No doubt the gop will keep you in customers for years to come.

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4. Wait a second...

"I made the decision...Basically, my concern is that he has a huge credibility problem, for obvious reasons, and if a member of my staff lied about their identity..."

THEN WHAT TOOK THEM SO FRIGGIN' LONG?!

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5. They recently changed editors

The former editor is who brought him in and this guy thankfully decided to get rid of him.

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6. What took them so bloody long?

Geesh!