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MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:20 AM Oct 2013

Associated Press Fires Journalists Over Erroneous Terry McAuliffe Report

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The AP has also fired Dena Potter, a Richmond-based news editor for Virginia and West Virginia. When reached by phone, Potter directed inquiries to Paul Colford, the AP’s Director of Media Relations. Colford declined to comment on personnel matters.

Another editor is expected to be reprimanded over the incident, sources say.

The firings on Monday stemmed from the AP's erroneous reporting on McAuliffe's relationship to Joseph A. Caramadre, a Rhode Island real estate planner charged in a federal fraud case.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/associated-press-terry-mcauliffe_n_4137617.html

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Associated Press Fires Journalists Over Erroneous Terry McAuliffe Report (Original Post) MerryBlooms Oct 2013 OP

Good. vi5 Oct 2013 #1

Well said. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2013 #4

There needs to be more of this Gman Oct 2013 #2

I agree. Our media is in bad shape these days. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2013 #5

Good for the AP. k&r n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #3

+1 It would be a welcomed trend. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2013 #6

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1. Good.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:34 AM

Oct 2013

I loathe McAuliffe, but media outlets and reporters/editors need to be held accountable for this junk, especially when it seems like it may just be parroting planted smear information.