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A message to those MoveOn.org members who are inundating me with letters about Ron Fournier, the Associated Press Washington Bureau chief: Stop it! The Star Tribune does not run letters that are part of any organized campaign. So, please, for the love of Pete, just stop it. Having said that, these letter writers raise a legitimate point. Fournier was in discussions about joining the McCain ...
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Political Animal — ... . * Bloggers and MoveOn.org aren't the only ones who've noticed the AP's Ron Fournier's trouble with objectivity. * And Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is the latest far-right Republican to raise the specter of ...

Fourniercation Under Contrived Keyboarding
Firedoglake — ... YET to write one critical piece about McCain (his only negative GOP piece this year was a piece criticizing Romney so as to praise McCain). I'm sure Fournier would claim this is not reflected in how he operates as an alleged "journalist". Watch his pieces on the Republican Convention closely next week...and feel the love and the sprinkles. And we know he doesn't mean it. So keep up the protests of Fournier's partisan hackery. It is starting to be noticed. And there are signs, the AP is paying the price. (pic from TPM ...

Fourniercation Under Contrived Keyboard
Rising Hegemon — ... YET to write one critical piece about McCain (his only negative GOP piece this year was a piece criticizing Romney so as to praise McCain). I'm sure Fournier would claim this is not reflected in how he operates as an alleged "journalist". Watch his pieces on the Republican Convention closely next week...and feel the love and the sprinkles. And we know he doesn't mean it. So keep up the protests of Fournier's partisan hackery. It is starting to be noticed. And there are signs, the AP is paying the price. [cross-posted at ...

Fournier can't help himself
Political Animal — ... last year -- one would like to think he'd take steps to bolster his journalistic credibility and objectivity. As the criticism has grown louder, even from mainstream news outlets , it stands to reason that Fournier would go out of his way to clean up his act. He is, regrettably, doing the exact opposite.— ...

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