BOSTON GLOBE reporter Mike Kranish made waves on Friday by reporting "a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions." But Captain George Elliott claims the Kranish article is "extremely inaccurate" and highly misstated his actual views. Oddly, journalist Kranish has been commissioned to write the forward of the official Kerry-Edwards campaign book -- just as he is covering the campaign in an official capacity as a journalist for the BOSTON GLOBE! This conflict of interest is outrageous! This is a plain case of journalistic malpractice. Remove Kranish from the campaign coverage and/or FIRE him!
It would seem to me that a reporter should be able to - at the very least - appear to be unbiased and neutral. I believe that it is referred to as "journalistic integrity."For a reporter to pen an introduction to a Presidential campaign book, and then to actually report on the campaign in a way clearly favorable to the candidate for which he wrote the forward, reflects badly on his judgment and the judgment of those who employ him.
I recommend you terminate his employment so that he can more fully devote his energies to the Kerry-Edwards campaign.
Drudge is also saying that WTVG in Toledo was bullied into dropping the ad by Kerry campaign workers waving the Globe story.
I wrote their general inquiries line at
wtvg.webmaster@abc.com
to tell them to get a spine.
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I mentioned in my letter that the campaign's attempts to squelch this commercial is as big a story as the ad itself. Gutless.