Book: Left targets journalists that appear on Drudge Report

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Acclaimed National Journal political writer Ron Fournier has been targeted by liberal groups and writers upset with his challenging of President Obama, links on the Drudge Report and use of key Republicans as sources, according to an explosive new book on the left’s intolerance with critical media.

In The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech, liberal columnist Kirsten Powers cites Fournier’s experience as one that is typical when mainstream journalists come under fire by the left and right when they veer from the party talking points.

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