Posted on 09/23/2013 10:55:15 PM PDT by Nachum
In July 2011, the Associated Press hired Chris Tomlinson to be its Supervisory Correspondent in its Austin, TX bureau. The APs news reporting is supposed to be neutral and non-partisan, but Tomlinson is not. He came to the AP from a gig at the Texas Observer, which is the same lefty publication that was once the home of Molly Ivins. The Observer by its own admission promotes progressive change for Texas. Well, the Observer used to describe itself that way. Now that page pulls up a 404 error it has been deep-sixed. But blogger Bradley J. Fikes was alert
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I bet this has the AP rank-and-file, bread and butter reporters gnawing on the furniture. I am talking about long-time hard-working employees who otherwise might have expected to be considered for promotion to this plum assignment in Austin, but who were overlooked so the AP powers that be could plant this ringer at 1005 Congress Avenue. Chris Tomlinson parachutes in over their heads as a political operative pure and simple. They be screwed. That has to smart.
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