Gannon in the White House before Talon News

Via Americablog

According to Editor & Publisher (who btw has really been on top of this issue), Ari had concerns about Gannon but those were assuaged by the Texas Republican who ran GOPUSA and Talon:

"I found out that he worked for a GOP site, and I didn't think it was my place to call on him because he worked for something that was related to the party," Fleischer said in a phone interview. "He had the editor call me and made the case that they were not related to the Republican Party. He said they used the GOP name for marketing purposes only."

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Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor and Publisher

Mitchell: Well it is starting to look like he was in there before there even was a Talon news...