HuffPo: AP Circles The Wagons Around Embattled Fournier

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/ap-circles-the-wagons-aro_n_122976.html

AP Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier has recently been the focus of sustained criticism of media watchers, who have complained about a detectable favoritism in Fournier's stories that runs toward the McCain campaign, whom he briefly flirted with joining. FishbowlDC reported today that the AP had responded by issuing a talking points memo to "senior AP managers," as a means of "help guide as this issue plays out."

"As many of you know, some political groups and left-leaning blogs have aligned to organize a newspaper letter-writing campaign against AP Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier. The campaign started this weekend with an email writing push aimed at Kathleen Carroll and Mike Oreskes, but has now moved on to urge newspaper readers to write their local editors."


"In addition, later this week, Corporate Communications will go live with a robust new Elections page on ap.org that will provide some real estate to deal with these issues. It will highlight our Elections Team, include an archive of Ron's political analyses as well as those of other AP journalists."...

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