Wow. So much for unbiased reporting. This dirty bugger is an GOP operative and definitely explains the anti-Obama slant the AP is taking this election cycle.

Should have read:"D-O-U-C-H-E-B-A-G" in reference to turd blossom.

Wow is right. Career ender.

I do NOT trust Ron Fournier. He was the one who wrote an AP article calling Barack and Michelle Obama "arrogant".

Saying that is an OPINION and I thought that reporters should NOT put their own opinion on the news unless it is an analysis.

Now we know that AP will biased.

One small, interesting point -- the question posed by Rove in the above quote was taken directly from the final scene of The Bridges at Toko Ri, uttered, I believe, by Frederic March.

Absolutely Pathetic

OK, this is just beyond absurd. I don't even know where to start with just how awful this is.

Where do we lodge our protests? Who's email and voicemail box should we flood?

Thanks!

There should be a list of 'The Enemies of Journalism' and on it should be all those who call themselves journalists, but in reality, they're anything but.

By the way, is Fournier any worse than ABC?

It's also worth noting that Rupert Murdoch joined the Board of the Associated Press not long ago.
What a poor excuse for a news agency.

Honestly, it is not a surprise. The AP has been tilting towards the neocons for almost a year now. The only news that is kind of reliable relates to science and health. It is a waste of time to read the rest. The blogs or the Comedy Channel are better sources of current events.

It is interesting that the email dates are not disclosed so one has to wonder what all of this could imply.
That should have been the first question posters above should have asked.

Wow! I should put my foot in Fournier's ass and keep up in there. His comment is exactly why i despise and distrust the mainstream media.

That wasn't "breezy" that was a koolaid drinking message of solidarity to their shared cause.

Contrary to Mr. Fournier's sentiments, the "LORD" did not create Mr. Tillman. Mr. Tillman made his own decisions. He, apparently, was a man of personal bravery, who rejected a high salary in the NFL in order to volunteer with the U.S. military. He thus showed that he was motivated by things other than the desire to earn the most money that he could, which is a relative rarity in modern society. He was sent to Afghanistan where, tragically, he was accidentally killed by fellow U.S. soldiers.

Other men and women also have volunteered for the U.S. military, and some of them have also given up higher salaries in order to do so. Some of them too have been sent to Afghanistan or Iraq, and been killed, either intentionally by various enemies or accidentally by fellow U.S. soldiers.

It is doubtful that Mr. Tillman would have considered himself as having been singled out by God in any way that his fellow soldiers were not. More likely he would have been embarassed by people trying to differentiate him from his fellow soldiers simply because he had played in the NFL and they had not.

"But only the great and free countries allow them to flourish."

Um, Tillman didn't "flourish," did he? So what does that make our country?

Fournier was just following orders. AP was infiltrated by Agency operatives long ago. Granted, Ron isn't the sharpest of the lot.

AP is a propaganda machine and a convenient front for sending "reporters" around the world. Tass and Pravda had nothing on APs Washington and New York bureaus when it comes to getting the message out to the masses.

Fox does its bit, but it is for the party faithful. AP is just as slanted, but it is still regarded by most people as being an unbiased outlet for news.

Ron won't be demoted in the near future. His two paychecks are still secure. After this blows over, he'll be reassigned and a new operative will take his place and follow the standard protocols.

We expect Fox to be unfair and biased but AP supplies content to a multitude of news outlets with a small attribution credit at the top of the article. For AP to be in the tank with Rove is much more insidious.
It's exactly what Rove wants. Stealth, dirty tricks and deception go way back to Karl's days as a young Nixon campaign worker to his staged office "bugging" and implied homophobia to discredit Anne Richards when W was trying to take her Governorship.