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The [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/list.aspx?Outside+Hawaii ''Hawaii Reporter''].com web site shows the Talon News byline beginning September 12, 2003, following the absence of any [[media]] feed for the ''Hawaii Reporter'' during the month of August. Until that time, the predominant byline had been that of [[UPI]]. After ''Talon News'' first appeared in September 2003, it dominated daily news postings. See the listing of "correspondents" whose names accompany the ''Talon News'' byline below.
Stories were allegedly "filed" from numerous locations, as would be the custom of correspondents on location, to include Washington; Sacramento; Los Angeles; Nashville; Wilmington, DE, New York; Pyongyang, [[North Korea]]; Montgomery, AL; and Bangkok, [[Thailand]].
The [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?5c5d2b13-4f99-49ec-9cd6-ebe8baf1dfca last filing] for ''Hawaii Reporter'' under the name "Jeff Gannon" was February 8, 2005. As of February 23, 2005, only two more items from ''Talon News'' were posted: one on [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?5684f75a-837f-428f-8cb7-f4a4b252a215 February 9] and the other [http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?fd59574c-70ff-4bc4-8777-a8674b601299 February 17]. No other media feed has been posted to the web site.
:"Media Matters for America recently highlighted three Gannon articles that were little more than reprints of Republican and [[Bush administration]] releases; Media Matters has also noted Gannon's role as White House press secretary [[Scott McClellan]]'s lifeline and Talon editor in chief Bobby Eberle's partisan political activities. A more in-depth look at Talon, Gannon, and Eberle casts additional doubt on Talon's claim to be a media outlet and raises questions about whether Gannon should be a credentialed member of the White House press corps.
:"Eberle is also, as Media Matters has previously noted, president and CEO of [[GOPUSA]], a "conservative news, information, and design company dedicated to promoting conservative ideals." Though Eberle has claimed on the September 13, 2004, edition of [[MSNBC]]'s [[Joe Scarborough |Scarborough]] Country that GOPUSA and Talon News are separate companies, they overlap heavily.
:"Talon News apparently consists of little more than Eberle, Gannon, and a few volunteers, and is virtually indistinguishable from GOPUSA.com."
*[http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/alan-keyes-talon-news.html "Alan Keyes & Talon News,"] ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq'', February 11, 2005.
*Karen Brooks, [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/10880004.htm "Owner says news service will continue White House coverage,"] ''Dallas Morning News'', February 11, 2005: "The politically conservative owner of the online Talon News Service said Friday that his site would continue its coverage of the White House despite harsh criticism of one of his reporters. ... Bobby Eberle Jr., a Houston activist and engineer who also runs the popular GOPUSA political Web site, told The Dallas Morning News that he plans to replace reporter James Guckert, who went by the name Jeff Gannon."
*Scott Ross, [http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Web_Exclusive_News&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=216547 "Gay Adult Domain Names Help to Out Alleged Republican Propagandist,"] ''AVN Online.com'', February 11, 2005: "Talon News now directs interview requests to Jennifer Ohman, the Director of Public Affairs for [[Oliver North]]’s â??s [[Freedom Alliance]]."
*[http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/gopusa-talon-news-explained.html "GOPUSA & Talon News: Explained,"] ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq'', February 12, 2005.
*[http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/bobby-eberle-rewrites-reuters-for.html "Bobby Eberle Rewrites Reuters For Freepers,"] ''WhyAreWeBackInIraq'', February 16, 2005.
