Case in point: AP’s firing of Chris Graff

By James Haslam

posted April 7, 2006

In a joint letter to the Associated Press (AP), Vermont’s Congressional delegation of Independent Sen. Jim Jeffords, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, and Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, along with Republican Gov. Jim Douglas, expressed that they were “stunned, outraged and saddened by the summary dismissal” of longtime Vermont AP Bureau Chief Chris Graff.

Graff was a longtime AP employee, who by all accounts was doing his job, had not been informed he wasn’t doing his job, and the AP did not cite financial reasons for the firing.

In fact, AP seems to not have provided any reason at all. Unfortunately, no one should be particularly stunned by this approach.

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