Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon

Following Executive Editor Chris Crain’s departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week. One of Naff’s first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.

We spoke with Naff:

    I made the decision…Basically, my concern is that he has a huge credibility problem, for obvious reasons, and if a member of my staff lied about their identity, lied about their name, lied to their editors, lied to their sources, I would fire them.

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