As a 10-year veteran of the Associated Press, I was horrified to read Josh's articles about obvious bias by the AP in election coverage. I remember some very tough meetings with former AP president Lou Boccardi, who insisted on the right to fire anyone for the "appearance" of a conflict of interest. Apparently, his successors do not hold the reins as tightly.

The AP is famously owned by its U.S. daily newspaper "members." They exercise their control through a Board of Directors, made up of newspaper executives.

If you find something outrageous in AP coverage, please write to one or more members of the board in your area. As a 150-year-old quasi-military bureaucracy, the AP can be very sensitive to anything that concerns those higher up in the command structure.

Here is the list. It is probably best to be professional and specific in your letters.

William Dean Singleton – Chairman
Vice Chairman and CEO
MediaNews Group Inc.
Denver, Colorado

Gary Pruitt – Vice Chairman
Chairman, President and CEO
The McClatchy Company
Sacramento, California

Donna J. Barrett
President and chief executive officer
Community Newspaper Holdings
Birmingham, AL

Craig A. Dubow
President and chief executive officer
Gannett Co., Inc.
McLean, VA

R. Jack Fishman
Publisher and Editor
Citizen Tribune
Morristown, Tennessee

Walter E. Hussman Jr.
Publisher
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Little Rock, Arkansas

Julie Inskeep
Publisher
The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Mary Jacobus
President and Chief Operating Officer
The New York Times Regional Media Group
Tampa, Florida

Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones
Publisher and CEO
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.

Mary Junck
President and CEO
Lee Enterprises, Inc.
Davenport, Iowa

David Lord
President
Pioneer Newspapers, Inc.
Seattle, Washington

Rupert Murdoch
Chairman and chief executive officer
News Corp.
New York, NY

R. John Mitchell
Publisher
Rutland Herald
Rutland, Vermont

Steven O. Newhouse
Chairman,
Advance.Net
New York, New York

Charles V. Pittman
Senior Vice President-Publishing
Schurz Communications Inc.
South Bend, Indiana

Michael E. Reed
CEO
GateHouse Media, Inc.
Fairport, New York

Bruce T. Reese
President and CEO
Bonneville International Corp.
Salt Lake City, Utah

Jon Rust
Publisher
Southeast Missourian
Co-president, Rust Communications
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

David Westin
President
ABC News
New York, New York

H. Graham Woodlief
President, Publishing Division
Vice President,
Media General Inc.
Richmond, Virginia

Sam Zell
Chairman and chief executive officer
Tribune Company
Chicago, IL