Getting to the source of the MSM buying Allen's excuses

Everywhere I look I see references to stories about George Allen's use of the racial slur "macaca" or "macaque" in the Washington Post or CNN or somewhere, but when I check the source, the by-line is almost always Larry O'Dell, AP Richmond Virginia. Larry O'Dell is the Associated Press writer who is writing the breaking stories.

If we want to get to the source of what appears to be the MSM's soft treatment of this slur, buying into -- or at least not questioning -- Allen's lies and excuses, we need to contact AP in Virginia. I'll post the contact info below. You can make a difference in how the MSM reports this story by informing this guy, if you do it right.

Before I post the contact info, however, let me say that as the spouse of a professional journalist, I know that AP reporters are usually under tremendous deadline pressure. Please be polite when you contact the office. And be helpful. Give them evidence, links, references, not just your opinion. And don't be outraged or accuse them of being GOP shills. They'll ignore what you say. I know this to be the case because it happens everyday in my husband's newsroom. But a helpful citizen with useful information is a treasure and greatly appreciated. So be a helpful citizen. Remember whatever changes we can get this reporter to make in his stories are going to show up on the front pages of every paper in the morning.

AP Virginia Bureau Chief
Dorothy Abernathy
[e-mail]
814-225-8967

Richmond Bureau
Larry O'Dell
804-643-6646
(sorry no email address, I'll see if hubby can get it from the paper in the morning)
600 E. Main St. Suite 1250
Richmond VA 23219-2440