The High Road According To Glenn

The blogosphere has been all aflutter recently about (1) Jeff Gannon, a non-journalist hack who the White House granted full press credentials under his fake name so that Gannon could lob softballs at Scotty during the gaggle; and (2) Eason Jordon, a CNN executive who made an ass of himself by making unsupported off the cuff remarks about the military targeting journalists.

Here's Glenn Reynolds on how the right wing is taking the high road, while the folks who relate "Gannon's" bizarre background of online escort services are simply stuck in the mire:

I also agree with Kurtz that it was the stuff about Gannon's personal life that led to his resignation, and that there's something rather sleazy about that. Backstage or not, targeting parts of people's lives that don't have to do with the story -- like, say, Eason Jordan's love life -- seems inappropriate to me, and likely to lend support to the bloggers-as-lynch-mob caricature.

Not so fast, Glenn. We'll let our buddies over at Cavalry Charge take this one...

There was a juicy sex angle too: Several CNN staffers say Jordan, who was distraught about the controversy, saw the handwriting on the wall in tendering his resignation. But top executives are also said to have lost patience with the continuing gossip about Jordan, including his affair with Marianne Pearl, widow of the murdered reporter Daniel Pearl, and subsequent marital breakup.

In fact, Mr. Reynolds, the house from which you lob stones appears quite brittle.

What's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah: "heh"