MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
AP's assistant DC bureau chief Carole Feldman has been charged with converging the DC bureau's text, broadcast and online formats. She will report to Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier and Acting Head of Domestic Broadcast News Kevin Roach . "Feldman will develop innovative news gathering, training, and production approaches, plan major news events, and oversee the budgets for both departments,"...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
Terry Hunt, a White House correspondent for the Associated Press, has been named by the wire service to oversee its financial crisis coverage, according to a memo posted by Politico.com’s Mike Allen. AP business editor Hal Ritter and Washington bureau chief Ron Fournier write, “He will work with news leaders in Washington, New York and overseas [...]
nandigramunited (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
By RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON townhall.com 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. The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the percentage...
BooMan Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
I think Al Giordano is correct to call Ron Fournier a racial arsonist. Beyond that, I'll just direct you to his reasoning. You're welcome to come back when you're done and have a conversation about Fournier's finer points as a human being.
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
The first article is by AP Hack Ron Fournier: Poll: Racial views steer some away from Obama One-third of polled white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks updated 10:04 a.m. CT, Sat., Sept. 20, 2008 WASHINGTON - Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that [...]
Mirror On America (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
The first article is by AP Hack Ron Fournier: Poll: Racial views steer some away from Obama One-third of polled white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks updated 10:04 a.m. CT, Sat., Sept. 20, 2008 WASHINGTON - 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...
Brian Beutler (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Liberals are rightly upset about the AP's Washington Bureau falling into the hands of a man like Ron Fournier, who nearly went to work for the McCain campaign. But there's probably very little that anybody can do about it, and if he's willing to put out articles like this , I feel a bit better about the situation. John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song....
Gawker (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Ron Fournier, the new Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief? Definitely a tool, possibly a Republican. Some of the AP campaign coverage this season? Annoying at best, misleading at worst. But...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Because Republicans want a president with no experience, they're turning the tables on their ticket. Check out this AP headline : The google tells me this headline has already appeared at 156 sites. A headline like this isn't going to sit well with Ron Fournier and Liz Sidoti, AP's top McCain flacks.
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Media Matters : Last week, in an apparent effort to paint Sen. Hillary Clinton as self-absorbed, the AP's Ron Fournier counted the number of times she used "some variation of the pronoun 'I'" in her convention speech. Fournier came up with 17. Media Matters checked his work , and found 21 such uses. But Fournier's point was undermined by the fact that at least 13 of those uses of the pronoun were...
First Read (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The AP’s Ron Fournier says McCain “preached bipartisanship and unity from a stage retooled to carry him out to the Republican faithful. He didn't have to be biting: On the previous night, his attack dogs had paved the way. For every McCain call for consensus Thursday night, there had been a missile aimed at Barack Obama on Wednesday night. For every call to fight as Americans for America, there had...
WhyFame (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
'An Associated Press analysis of Barack Obama's widely praised (across the political spectrum) speech last Thursday drew much criticism from liberals and media critics last week for its dour tone. Would the AP offer the same kind of muted response to Sarah Palin's big address on Wednesday night? Not exactly. The article by Tom Raum and Liz Sidoti... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
Joust The Facts (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Here's another. Apparently the AP's Ron Fournier, in more deep "analysis," is offended that the McCain campaign thinks that some of the scrutiny Mrs. Palin is receiving is sexist in nature.McCain's wife, Cindy, said she was insulted by suggestions that...
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Not everyone at the AP is Ron Fournier or Liz Sidoti -- they actually "report" rather than buy the doughnuts: When presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate last Friday, the Arizona senator emphasized her role as the commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard . Later, when questions were raised about Palin's lack of experience...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
AP's Liz Sidoti and Ron Fournier have delivered donuts to John McCain both literally and figuratively. It's really quite appalling how slanted their reporting has been -- but then again, Fournier did want to work for the McCain campaign. Today, Sidoti and Fournier team up to deliver Sarah Palin the first of what will probably be many gifts from the Associated Press -- it's an article chock full of...
