Problem! Nedra Picklers biased AP reporting will be a thorn in both our candidates in the GE

[angie_love]

How is this partisan hack able to get away with consistently attacking our democratic candidates and pass it off as "neutral" reporting? This is a problem for us. She consistently writes negative stories about dems and no one calls her out on it. Unbelievable!

Pickler’s tic is a source of amusement, but it also has quite serious ramifications. While most discussion of media bias focuses on elite outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post, stories put out by The Associated Press form the backbone of national political coverage in the small- and medium-sized newspapers whose combined circulations far exceed the majors. These early campaign reports, moreover, set the larger story line that constrains later coverage of events. Once Al Gore got the “liar” label on the 2000 campaign trail, he was unable to shake it no matter how unfair the charges were or how much worse Bush’s behavior was. This is a movie we’ve all seen before, and it doesn’t have a happy ending.

Even though I don't support Hillary, I thought Nedras raining on Hillarys parade was despicable.

The most recent example of her biased reporting includes "Clinton Wins, Now what?

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congratulations, Hillary Rodham Clinton. You did what your husband said you had to do and won Ohio and Texas.

Now what?

``Tonight we won three out of four contests and began a new chapter in this historical campaign,'' the victorious Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane.

But even if she wins every contest left, Clinton still would have a hard time overcoming Barack Obama's pledged delegate lead. In fact, her task got even harder because even though she won Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island Tuesday night, she didn't do much to close the delegate gap - and with every contest that passes, the number up for grabs drops."


Reading her Wiki page, I found this:

"Pickler married Eric Conner, who works for Fox News, on November 24, 2007. <6> She first met him in 2006 while on a trip to Mexico covering President George W. Bush

In covering the 2008 election, Pickler again came under scrutiny for her coverage of the Democratic candidates, particularly Barack Obama. A March 27, 2007 article written by Pickler entitled "Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?" was attacked for its claim that Obama had "delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country" in his campaign up to that point.<11> The liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America countered by pointing out that Obama had given numerous policy speeches on Iraq<12>, Israel<13>, health care<14>, and other topics.<15> In February 2008, Pickler again came under criticism after she wrote an article in which she detailed Republican charges that Barack Obama is unpatriotic. Her only source was Roger Stone, a Republican consultant notorious for, among other things, founding a non-profit organization named "Citizens United Not Timid" to, quote, "educate the American people about what Hillary Clinton really is" (the significance of the group, obviously, resting on its initials).<16>

Her reporting was largely responsible for feeding the controversy surrounding Barack Obama advisor Austan Goolsbee's meeting with the Canadian consulate <17>, which had been first reported by CTV.<18> She broke the story on a memo suggesting that Goolsbee had reassured the Canadian government that Barack Obama's stance on NAFTA was "more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans". The charge was denied in statements from both the Obama campaign and the Canadian government and Goolsbee has since stated that he believes the memo's assertions, particularly that Obama sought to strengthen labor and environmental standards in NAFTA, is completely consistent with the candidate's positions to date."



This is so unfair!!! As if we don't have enough challenges, we have a wingnut reporter whos supposed to be neutral doing the repugs dirty work for them.

[Mabus]

1. We should also look at the company she keeps

Congratulations Nedra & Eric!

AP's Nedra Pickler recently got married in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to Eric Conner, a cameraman for Fox News.

Other journos in attendance: Newsweek's Holly Bailey, NPR's David Greene, Houston Chronicle's Julie Mason, CNN's Erika Dimmler, ABC's Jon Garcia, Detroit News' Dave Shepardson, and the AP's Liz Sidoti and Nancy Zuckerbrod.

It featured a donkey pulling a tequila cart, 14-foot-tall paper mache puppets dressed like a bride and groom, a parade with a mariachi band and a guest wearing a Nacho Libre mask who was seen leaving with Julie Mason.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/news_notes/congratulations_nedra_eric_72183.asp