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The Associated Press has fired a reporter and editor in connection to a false story alleging Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe lied to a postal inspector in a fraud scheme, according to The Huffington Post.
The author of the report, which was retracted soon after it was published, Bob Lewis has been fired, the news services announced Monday. Dena Potter, a news editor for the Associated Press who covered Virginia and West Virginia, has also been fired.
Earlier in October the news service reported that McAuliffe had lied to a federal official investigating a fraud scheme run by a Rhode Island estate planner. The report cited documents which referred to a person named "T.M." T.M. turned out to be somebody other than McAuliffe.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ap-reporter-and-editor-fired-over-false-mcauliffe-report
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(45,488 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)It hurts as much as a wet noodle.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)loudsue
(14,087 posts)Capital punishment lives.
BluegrassStateBlues
(881 posts)Sounds like a very irresponsible person(s).
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)If the shoes was on the other foot, you know that is what the Republicans would be doing right now and the media would not let it go until the Democrat did just that!
malaise
(269,050 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)malaise
(269,050 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)... when applying for lucrative jobs in talk radio and Fox News.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)They waantz to ekeeep teh oral sexerz legal! That wurt it iz!
Uncle Joe
(58,365 posts)Thanks for the thread, RandySF.