Jeff Gannon, former White House reporter, believes the following statement released yesterday from former White House spokesman Scott McClellan was “cherry-picked” by his publisher, and could prove to be misleading: “I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

“This tantalizing bit seemed to have the intended effect judging from the volume and trajectory of spittle emanating from the mouth of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews,” writes Gannon today. “Visions of the Fitzmas that never came surely danced in the heads of David Shuster and Keith Olbermann. Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd predictably recited the Watergate mantra, calling on the new Attorney General to launch an investigation to determine the extent of any cover up and ‘what the President knew and when he knew it.’”

Gannon brings up a March 6, 2007 Larry King interview with McClellan to bolster his claim: Read more…

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Just throwing the question out there. Jeff? Scott?

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Jeff Gannon’s recent book, “The Great Media War: A Battlefield Report” will be among those featured at the 2007 National Press Club Book Fair on Nov. 1.

“Gannon, the first exclusively online reporter to cover the White House on a regular basis is considered a new media pioneer,” according to a release announcing the development. ”He notes that his daily readership of more than half a million topped the circulation of most newspapers, despite reporting for a small news outlet.”

He’s expected to be available to sign copies on the day of the event.

Earlier: Examiner Promotes Gannon’s Book Again

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Patrick Gavin and Jeff Dufour, those pretty gossip boys over at the Examiner, have penned a second item in less than a month on Jeff Gannon’s book, which, according to our own reporting at Radar, has been selling less well than Gannon has hoped. So! The question begs to be asked: Are Gavin and Dufour in bed with Gannon?

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This picture was snapped at the National Press Club earlier today:                 

He looks pretty serious, kids. Wonder what he’s thinking?

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