I can see both sides of this issue.
On the one hand, I don't like the idea of the MSM going after conservative journalists when they can't be bothered to demand that Kerry release his military records. On the other hand, didn't conservatives say, during the Clinton years, that character matters?
I'm going through a similar issue with my father's care-giver. Suffice it to say that he is probably having an affair. He has repeatedly asked for money. We have recently found out that he has a misdemeanor battery conviction. He's a really nice guy--my dad loves him. However, he also does the bare minimum for my dad; he basically sits talking on his cell phone all day long. Can you really separate out the private from the public persona? Maybe to some degree, but ultimately, it catches up with you.
So, with all due respect for everything that you do, Kristinn, the analysis in the link that ClintonBeGone posted in #42 has really swayed me. How in the world was this guy approved to be in the press pool?
Is there anything in a public records database that would have denied him entry? They can't do a full background check for a day pass -- there's nowhere near enough time. And that assumes that this isn't just some made-up hoax, which, though unlikely, is still a slim possibility.
The problem here is people are comparing Gannon to Clinton trying to make Gannon into GWB.
Gannon is gone (well, he'll be on Anderson Cooper on CNN shortly)...gone from the press room and he was not the POTUS and he was not a plant.
That is my problem with the story, is the morphing of Gannon into GWB.
If he had not resigned I would see your point about character matters meaning exposure of unsavory business calls for a price to be paid. But he did resign.