Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Jul 5, 2008 at 3:23 PM Pacific

The AP, Rupert Murdoch, and a half-dozen Dunkin' Donuts

In the wake of Jennifer Loven's excruciatingly awful AP hatchet job on Barack Obama, it's worth noting again that Rupert Murdoch joined the AP Board of Directors in April.

How bad was Loven's hit piece? Well, it made Josh Marshall's eyes bleed and it numbed Steve Benen's mind.

It reminds me of AP reporter Liz Sidoti's full frontal assault on Obama a few weeks back. And, of course, this tender moment on the campaign trail, when she served John McCain his favorite Dunkin' Donuts:

The AP, Rupert Murdoch, and a half-dozen Dunkin' Donuts

In the wake of Jennifer Loven's excruciatingly awful AP hatchet job on Barack Obama, it's worth noting again that Rupert Murdoch joined the AP Board of Directors in April.

How bad was Loven's hit piece? Well, it made Josh Marshall's eyes bleed and it numbed Steve Benen's mind.

It reminds me of AP reporter Liz Sidoti's full frontal assault on Obama a few weeks back. And, of course, this tender moment on the campaign trail, when she served John McCain his favorite Dunkin' Donuts:

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