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Fournier inflames the netroots
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Washington Monthly this week, wrote that Fournier's "objectivity covering the presidential race continues to look shaky." Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas dubbed him "McCain's mole at the Associated Press," a sentiment echoed by MyDD's Jonathan Singer who wrote that he's "effectively serving as a McCain surrogate in talking about the Biden choice."
And there's plenty more reaction out there -- Crooks and Liars, America Blog, Digby -- including bloggers listing the e-mail addresses of AP executives ...
ACTION: Tell AP To Remove Ron Fournier From the Presidential Beat
Firedoglake —
... the horrible history of GOP propaganda masquerading as news that has constituted the AP's political coverage of this election. . Eric Boehlert and Media Matters have covered Fournier's cozy relationship with Karl Rove and his encouragement of the "Obama is an elitist" meme. . Julia has written that Fournier consistently attacks other candidates while promoting McCain. . Jonathan Singer and John Aravosis have more, as does MoveOn. ...
AP writer criticizes Biden pick: Leftosphere explodes in outrage!
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... : "If pure Republican spin and McCain talking points are what we are to expect out of the AP under Fournier, it's going to be a long hard slog full of truth squading between now and election day." ( Because that's what the AP is known for -- pure Republican spin. ) The well nigh unreadable " AMERICAblog ": "I know that the Associated Press considers it a point of honor to promote someone whenever they do something incredibly biased and their impartiality is seriously compromised, but after their top presidential reporter, Ron Fournier, interviewed for a job with the McCain ...
