THE FIELD: Disproves The AP/Fournier Race Crap & Shows How Their Poll Data Forecasts Obama Victory

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The AP’s Ron Fournier: Racial Arsonist and Unethical Journalist
Posted by Al Giordano - September 20, 2008 at 1:44 pm

By Al Giordano

"Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles."

- Ron Fournier, Associated Press, September 20, 2008


"Theorem: The amount of time conservatives spend talking about the Bradley Effect is inversely proportional to the fortunes of their candidate.

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- Nate Silver, September 19, 2008


Today's AP story wasn't exactly about the so-called "Bradley Effect" or "Wilder Effect," a popular theory in the 1980s and 1990s that posited that some white Americans lie to pollsters claiming they will support African-American candidates but vote then against them in the secrecy of the ballot box.

The theory - if it was true back then - has been very thoroughly disproved in recent years, and today we'll walk you through all the documentation you need to debunk it when asked about it by others.

But with the McCain-Palin ticket sinking in the polls, and the financial crisis sucking the oxygen out of the culture war "issues" on all sides, with the economy now front and center as the dominant campaign issue, we're hearing increasing mention of the so-called "Bradley Effect," the so-called "Wilder Effect," the so-called "Bradley-Wilder Effect" (all names for the same 20th century theory).

And now, the Associated Press and its unethical reporter Ron Fournier are transparently attempting to turn the November election (and, if their attempted arson is successful, its aftermath for years to come) into a wedge to divide, polarize and set back race relations in the United States of America more than four decades.

Everybody take a deep breath and repeat after me: The race card is not working. It's not going to work. And we're not going to take the bait being dangled out in front of us by racially prejudiced provocateurs like Fournier: he wants us to spread his gasoline to make his arson fire bigger; we're going to hose water on it - and on him - instead.

Read the rest at the link:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/ap%E2%80%99s-ron-fournier-racial-arsonist-and-unethical-journalist

Here's just one of the many money quotes....

"In fact, if we review the actual poll - rather than Fournier's spin - it provides very good news for those that want Obama to win.

In the real data from the AP poll, Obama's favorable-to-negative rating (54 percent favorable to 41 negative, or 13+) is better than McCain's (50 to 42, or 8+). And Obama towers over McCain among those that have a "very favorable" opinion of each candidate, with 30 percent to just 13 for McCain.

Obama leads this poll (which casts a net much wider than "likely voters" or even "registered voters"): Obama 40 percent to 35 for McCain. Bob Barr receives one percent support and Ralph Nader, 2 percent.

If you take away the undecideds, that's Obama 51.2 percent to McCain 44.8 percent with third party candidates getting the remaining four percent."

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1. K/R.

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[Coexist]

7. K & R!

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2. As we go along...

Obama will pull further away from McIsane.

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3. Ron Fournier is a racist pig who needs to be fired from his job.

That article was everywhere......and he knows it.

He is a true vile piece of shit.

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4. So he was behind that terrible poll and article?

I had trouble believing those poll statistics.

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5. Yep. I wrote to all of the folks listed below, and sent them that article.

Of course, I didn't address them all at once. I tend to send emails in pair. Address the main individual/organization and copy a journalism watchdog group, like Fair, Media Matters, etc....just so they know, they are not the only one I am sending this to.

But I told them that I found it highly disturbing and titled my letter....
Ron Fournier of Associated Press is Unethical.

This really pissed me off, because the original piece of shit of an article was carried everywhere.

Everyone here should write! That's how we bust Fournier's racist little ass!


Josh Marshall [e-mail]
Andrew Sullivan [e-mail]
Mark Ambinder [e-mail]
Keith Olberman [e-mail]
Rachel Maddow [e-mail]
Eugene Robinson [e-mail]
Frank Rich [e-mail]
E.J. Dionne [e-mail]
Ed Schultz [e-mail]
Randi Rhodes [e-mail]
Stephanie Miller [e-mail]
Thom Hartmann [e-mail]
Mike Malloy [e-mail]
Steve Clemons [e-mail]
Bbb Herbert [e-mail]
Joe Klein http://www.time.com/time/letters/email_let ...
Howard Fineman [e-mail]
David Remnick (the New Yorker) [e-mail]
The New York Times Editors [e-mail]
The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com

as well the following Watchdog groups
American Journalism Review <[e-mail] >; Columbia journalism Review <[e-mail] >; Committee of Concerned Journalists <[e-mail] >; FAIR <[e-mail] >; Institute for Public Accuracy <[e-mail] >; Journal of Mass Media Ethics <[e-mail] >; media matters <[e-mail] >;

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6. ACTION ALERT! details below

First, please Digg It!

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/The_AP_s_Ron_Fournier_Racial_Arsonist_and_Unethical_Journal

write him to complain about his bias and copy his boss:

Michael Oreskes, AP Managing Editor, [e-mail]

Ron Fournier, AP reporter and Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, [e-mail]


write a LTTE of your local paper about Fournier

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/speakout/fournier

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8. K & R!