Last year, the blogosphere really went to bat for Ginny Schrader when the smokey back room people tried to force her out of the primary.
If you want to read a classic Kos post, check out the July 20th: DCCC fails Schrader. In it, he says:
The rules are changing. The party committees no longer have unquestioned control over such decisions.
That is correct. But somebody forget to tell the AP's Peter Jackson. And you should be pissed.
For those new to the
Peter Jackson Scandal, get ready to lose a great deal of respect for the Associated Press.
Peter Jackson is the AP reporter who decided to shill for the Party bosses by not mentioning the only pro-choice candidate in the Democratic Primary (PA).
Not only did Peter Jackson not mention Professor Pennacchio, but he dishonestly implied that there would be no primary when he included the following quote:
"It was always his goal to try to have a united front," said Penny Lee, Rendell's communication director. "We're not expecting anyone to file against Bobby" in the Senate primary, which is still 15 months away.
Why did Peter Jackson break the public trust by doing this? Well, a Kossack found out when calling to complain.
When I called the AP newsdesk at (717) 283-9413 at about 10:30 pm EST to complain about this failed journalism, the gentleman who answered told me (among other disturbing statements) that, "The Dem State Party chair told us that only Casey will be running and don't bother reporting on anyone else" (!!!!!)
So we have an AP reporter lying to the public at the request of party bosses trying to force an anti-choice Senate candidate.
The politics stinks.
But the reporting is worse, and AmericaBlog says it may be much, much worse:
It's disgraceful. And the fact that the reporter knew damn well the truth, he had spoken to someone about the other candidate at length, makes it seem as if this "mistake" was intentionally made to favor or disfavor a particular candidate for election. And that isn't just awful, it strikes me as unlawful coordination with a political campaign.
The AP needs to hold Peter Jackson accountable. We need to complain. Please do so:
info@ap.org
717.238.9413