AP's Fournier Noted Clinton's 21 "I"s -- But Not McCain's 100

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 about Clinton's support for Obama, the importance of the 2008 election, or what matters in the election.

So ... when can we expect Fournier to tally up the number of times John "cause greater than self" McCain used the pronoun "I" in his convention speech? It's well over 100 -- and that doesn't even count variations.

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Comments

[LeawoodKansas]

Mr. FourMoreYears should come out of the closet, apologize and do the "Right" thing. Lie. Oops, I meant quit.

Yup Yup.

[Gma11]

AP is no longer credible.

What does McClatchy say?

[JimR]

This clown is a JOKE.

[PurplePhase]

I wonder if McCain made a deal with Ron Fournier to have him as his Press Secretary if he wins the election.

[ahilpuge]

Drop the i and the a from bias and call it what it is.

[boogiewoman]

Such I won't read AP reports anymore. In the eye of the AP McCain/Palin are the choosen ones.

[Gamble]

Thats because he's a hack dear.

[rajoro]

The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.

The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. received a copy of the report "indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public," according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.

[rajoro]

We need a "Fire Fournier" campaign.

I am telling you, this guy is a direct result of the neocon strategy of media control. The Internet is their worst unforseen nightmare!

[sfsj]

And keep sending emails to

[e-mail]

http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact.html

[buggedabouttheus]

Done

[SEQUOIABISON]

AP has always been a reliable, accurate source for news but now we are beginning to see a pattern developing, no longer are they fair and equitable, now they are moving into the Fox News realm of reporting, unfair and unbalanced.

Obama/Biden

[rajoro]

Check out the fact they were bought out in the 90's and check ou the man who bought them and you will know why!

[vincealy]

The cure for the obliviously biased ap . Subscribe to reuters.

[Whinger]

Telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth seems to be a problem for GOP.

Seeing how they profess to be Christian they should know that all liars suffer the same fate!

But who would believe that?

[indypete]

They prefer, the half-truth and nothing like the truth.

[DrDemon]

Fournier:

We got the scoop on you...and it's not too good for neither your reputation, nor your career!

So maybe we'll be seeing your workings on; sayyyyyyyy DRUDGE?

[DrDemon]

But I thought the media was supposedly. 'in the tank" for Obama? Are things just leveling out?

[indypete]

No, it's all part of that cunning liberal plot. The media bashes the right by agreeing with everything they say and ignoring their foibles, lies and blatant hypocrisy. They help the left by looping out-of-context remarks and having talking heads parrot right wing talking points.