Talon

Some readers have asked about the controversy over Talon News and Jeff Gannon.  For a review of various aspects of this deal, go see the roundup by Whizbang. (via LGF)  Also see W.T. Quick: "It was never much to begin with, merely a bagatelle to salve the hurt feelings of lefty blogs who have seen the right blogosphere take down their icons, but now it appears to be dead, dead, dead. Read the whole thing."  Some of the South Dakota bloggers on the left keep raising questions about this fellow's personal life (it's "startling meanness" I tell you!), but they don't seem to be saying what he published was factually incorrect, which would seem to be more important than his personal life.  Powerline doesn't think much of this whole deal either.

UPDATE:  Ryne:

Let's face it, the Democrats are pissed that we brought down their Senate leader with the truth. We took a stand against his obfuscation and his obstruction, and we sent him packing. Daschle's homestead exemption? It was true. Linda Daschle's lobbying for fat cats? It was true. Daschle's blocking of every single one of George Bush's admin maneuvers? True, true and true. South Dakota had enough of Tom Daschle, and they voted him out. Political bloggers did what they do during a race, they blogged it. End of story.

So until one of these left-wing cabana boys can step up with real, honest proof about anything whatsoever, and stop dealing with this "What's the connection?" nonsense, I'm going to continue to point out these ridiculous lies.