Dispute Over AP Stories on Sen. Reid Continues -- Here's Latest

By: E&P Staff For several days, liberal bloggers have raised serious questions about articles written by the Associated Press's John Solomon concerning Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid's decison to attend boxing matches, with free tickets, in Las Vegas (his native state) when legislation related to boxing was coming before him.

The AP has now responded, but the issues, and charges, are too complex to summarize here. However, the following link, at the site for liberal watchdog Media Matters, includes the AP reply in full, so it's an appropriate place to get both sides:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200606010009

The site that has been covering this the closest (from a point of view critical of the AP reporter) remains Talking Points Memo and its TPM Muckraker. Talking Points Memo can be found at:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/