New hypocrisy

Throughout the blogosphere, we're seeing discussion of Jeff Gannon, a/k/a J. D. Guckert, whose big scandalous crime was to represent an unknown news service and lob softball questions to President Bush at a press conference.

Here, we see liberal hypocrisy again. For some reason, they can't seem to report the story without mentioning that Gannon ran a gay escort web site. Why, I didn't think that's the standard of reporting. You don't see articles mentioning Representative Barney Frank's past scandal with an escort/prostitute/aide (fixing his parking tickets and lying to his probation officer), for which he received a reprimand (not even a censure), every time his name comes up in the news.

Here I thought a person's sexuality is a private matter. In fact, I thought that was the reasoning behind court decisions legalizing gay marriage. And I thought that just because you're a member of an oppressed group, that doesn't mean you can't be a successful doctor, or lawyer, or even journalist.

The rules don't apply when the target is a Republican, obviously.

Just more hypocrisy.

Update: Andrew Sullivan weighs in. He's outraged at the hypocrisy:

Just ask yourself: if a Catholic conservative blogger had found out that a liberal-leaning pseudo-pundit/reporter was a gay sex worker, had outed the guy as gay and a "hooker," published pictures of the guy naked, and demanded a response from a Democratic administration, do you think gay rights groups would be silent? They'd rightly be outraged. But the left can get away with anything, can't they? Especially homophobia.