Ron Fournier keeps up the fight

It is, as has been noted, ANALYSIS. That means opinion.
moveon.org bitching about a slanted view of politics is too funny.

 

I'll be waiting for the Fournier piece on why McCain is too old for the job when he picks a younger running mate.
I don't mind the analysis, but it does read like a Rovian talking point. Was Bush unready for the job when he picked Cheney?

 

We're nearly eight years in and you are asking that question now?

 

Dan Kennedy points out that 1. Fournier almost took a job with the McCain campaign last year, and 2. a news analysis piece is NOT the same as an op/ed column, despite what some on this thread seem to imply:

http://medianation.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-on-fournier-and-ap.html

 

As for using MoveOn.org as a source, I was referencing their quoting of the AP analysis. They quoted the analysis accurately, so there should be no journalistic issue there.
Again, to people who think just because this crap is labeled "analysis" then everything is wonderful, I would say that as far as I can tell, this is THE analysis AP offered its clients of the move. What I would expect from the AP is an analysis that points out both the positives and negatives of such a choice, in an evenhanded manner that does not hint at an agenda. I would expect this when McCain names his running mate, as well.

 

Fournier really hurt himself with the "keep up the fight" comment to Rove. He'll never again be looked on as an objective party by most of the left.

It's a cautionary tale for any reporter. One cozy remark can really come back to hurt you.

 

It can't be good for the AP, if, as could very well happen, the next President of the United States gets sworn in believing your Washington bureau chief is a partisan enemy.

 

I don't think AP is leaning to any one side, as Superville's "If your husband gets elected, PLEASE have me over for cookies!"-toned column on Michelle Obama attested.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080821/ap_ca/on_deadline

The most important part of this column is of course: "Darlene Superville, who is black, has been an editor on The Associated Press' national politics desk for the presidential campaigns of 2000, 2004 and 2008."

AP bigwigs/editors are leaning too much in this campaign, on both sides.

 

I doubt if the MoveOn.org people will be protesting this column.

 

This is a spoof, right?
Even if moveon wasn't the primary source, the fact that you may have found this analysis in that group's domain pretty much dilutes your credibility.
The distrust of the media (as left-leaning), in my opinion, is a huge reason for the results of the last two elections.
That said, fuck 'em both. I exercised my rights as a citizen and took my name of the voter rolls. Voting for either of this assrags only enourages them. It's like setting out scraps of food for rats.

 

Okaaayy. The fact that I found this on a blurb from a group you don't like dilutes MY credibility, even though the facts of what they found are not in dispute.
I don't think the voter rolls will miss you much.