AMERICAblog: AP's Ron "Keep up the fight" Fournier was "considered for 'senior advisory role'" in McCain campaign
hopelesspedant
· 1 year ago
The unanswered question is - did Fournier advise his bosses of this?
If not, it's like Ted Stevens not disclosing his house remodeling gifts.
And he might still have been hoping for a job in the future - like press secretary for Pres. McCain.
jr
· 1 year ago
was John Solomon not available?
donotmakemecomedownthere
· 1 year ago
Fournier IS the boss. AP = Fournier.
The change in the AP's "editorial tone" occurred a few weeks prior to RF grabbing the reins; I guess he was trying to be "subtle" about it, like no one would notice.
hopelesspedant
· 1 year ago
Fournier is Washington bureau chief. AP covers news, sports, business, entertainment all over the world. He answers to at least one higher up, probably more than one.
donotmakemecomedownthere
· 1 year ago
I should have been more specific:
The AP reports coming out of Washington, especially during the Obama/Clinton race/farce, were all anti-Obama, because Ron Fournier said so. Many reports that say 'AP Washington' are published as "news" in many American and international papers. The AP is now a propaganda tool for McCain's '08 bid.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
McCain's inside man.
How convenient!
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
McCain needs someone in his campaign who doesn't say things like "McCain doesn't speak for the McCain campaign," which a campaign staffer said today. The staffer was explaining why the press should not pay attention to McCain's statement about new taxes being on the table, even though McCain has said several times that he won't raise taxes. A right wing group jumped on it right away. It's kind of a flip-flop and pirouette all in one. Maybe Fournier could help. Olberman had a great time with this this evening.
eagleye
· 1 year ago
Yeah, and Rupert Murdoch sits on the Associated Press board. Real legitimate news agency. Ugh....
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· 1 year ago
Murdoch also has interests in the two satelite radio merger/consolidation that just happened...
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· 1 year ago
I don't pay them anything and never will. Now they've gone from antenna that you could get broadcast over the air to now requiring a cable. Did anyone ask me? Nobody cares because they already pay them and have cable of one form or another. So I guess I will just check out movies from the library and keep up to date with breaking news with my shortwave radio and of course the internet, for however that remains neutral. I'm not going along with their schemes. They're like an inch worm slowly and incrementally making its way to all of us. It seems benign at first but just wait.
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· 1 year ago
Or maybe a chameleon would be a better analogy as it slowly and carefully makes its way to its prey and then, ZAP, out with the tongue and we're gone.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
Its a bad joke to consider the Associated Press neutral anymore. They get their talking points from the White House just like Fox News.
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If not, it's like Ted Stevens not disclosing his house remodeling gifts.
And he might still have been hoping for a job in the future - like press secretary for Pres. McCain.
The change in the AP's "editorial tone" occurred a few weeks prior to RF grabbing the reins; I guess he was trying to be "subtle" about it, like no one would notice.
The AP reports coming out of Washington, especially during the Obama/Clinton race/farce, were all anti-Obama, because Ron Fournier said so. Many reports that say 'AP Washington' are published as "news" in many American and international papers. The AP is now a propaganda tool for McCain's '08 bid.
How convenient!
A right wing group jumped on it right away.
It's kind of a flip-flop and pirouette all in one.
Maybe Fournier could help.
Olberman had a great time with this this evening.
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