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Associated Press reporter John Solomon has published many articles criticizing House Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) for alleged ethically dubious actions. These articles have been criticized as "swiftboating" by bloggers like Oliver Willis Oliver Willis and Taylor Marsh Taylor Marsh.

Articles by the Associated Press's John Solomon about Harry Reid

• With Sharon Theimer, "Reid Aided Abramoff Clients, Records Show," Associated Press (ABC News), February 9, 2006.
• With Sharon Theimer, "Abramoff Team and Reid's Office Had Frequent Contact," Associated Press (BreitBart.com), February 10, 2006.
• "Senate leader took free boxing tickets," Associated Press (Boston Globe), May 29, 2006.
• "Reid Accepted Free Boxing Tickets While a Related Bill Was Pending," Associated Press (Washington Post); "Reid sat ringside in Vegas for free," Associated Press (Washington Times), May 30, 2006.
• "Reid Says He Won't Accept Free Tickets," Associated Press (Washington Post), May 31, 2006.
• With Kathleen Hennessey,"AP Exclusive: Reid Got $1M in Land Sale," Associated Press (Forbes); "Reid Got $1M in Land Sale, Hangs Up When Questioned," ABC News, October 11, 2006.
• "Reid All About It: Dem Leader Harry Reid's Latest Ethical Hang-Up" Republican National Committee website cites articles written by Solomon, October 12, 2006.
• "Reid Used Campaign Money for Bonuses," Associated Press ('Washington Post), October 17, 2006.

Articles about Solomon's reporting on Harry Reid

• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, February 9, 2006.
• Scott Shields, "Smearing Harry Reid," MyDD, February 9, 2006.
• Taylor Marsh, "Swiftboating Harry Reid," TaylorMarsh.com, February 9, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, February 11, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "More on John Solomon, the Associated Press writer who wrote the bogus hit piece on Harry Reid today" and "Three more AP John Solomon articles faulted for taking pot-shots at Dems, leaving out key facts," AMERICAblog, May 29, 2006.
• "AP's Solomon lobbed more faulty ethics accusations at Reid," Media Matters for America, May 30, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, May 30, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "CNN Juices AP's Story on Reid" and "AP: Reid Arguably Not Beyond Reproach," TPMmuckraker, May 30, 2006.
• kos, "AP's Solomon: If a smear attempt fails, try, try again," Daily Kos, May 30, 2006.
• Steve Benen, "Harry Reid, some boxing tickets, and the biggest non-story of the day," The Carpetbagger Report, May 30, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "AP: Reid Acted Unethically By Not Breaking the Law" and "Confirmed: Against the Law for Reid To Pay for Credential," TPMmuckraker, May 31, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, May 31, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "AP's John Solomon publishes ANOTHER misleading hit piece on Harry Reid," AMERICAblog, May 31, 2006.
• "Even more serious flaws emerge in AP story about Reid's attendance at boxing matches," Media Matters for America, May 31, 2006.
• Steven Benen, "The AP makes story on Reid even worse," The Carpetbagger Report, May 31, 2006.
• Tim F., "John Solomon Whiffs Again," Baloon Juice Blog, June 1, 2006.
• Steve Benen, "Captain Ahab is still hunting Harry Reid," The Carpetbagger Report, June 1, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 1, 2006:

• "AP's Solomon Sucker Punches Reid"
• "AP's Solomon Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
• "AP's John Solomon - One More for the Road"

• Mitchell Freedman, "AP's dishonest reporting against Harry Reid," MF Blog, June 1, 2006.
• "In follow-up article on Reid, AP's Solomon continued pattern of distortion," Media Matters for America, June 2, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "AP Replies to TPMmuckraker Criticisms on Reid Story," TPMmuckraker, June 2, 2006.
• Steve Benen, "The AP takes action on John Solomon — the wrong kind of action," The Carpetbagger Report, June 2, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Solomon Vanquished Long List of AP Stories" and "AP Rewards Solomon for Reid Reporting," TPMmuckraker, June 6, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, June 6, 2006.
• kos, "The latest Reid hit piece," Daily Kos, October 11, 2006.
• Jane Hamsher, "Look At Harry Reid! Or…Don’t Mind Our Sex Predator," Firedoglake, October 11, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "AP's Reid Story Doesn't Add Up," TPMmuckraker, October 11, 2006.
• Lambert, "Compromised AP reporter Solomon pens a second hit piece on Reid," Corrente Wire, October 11, 2006.
• "He's baaack," Las Vegas Gleaner, October 11, 2006: "Remember John Solomon? He's The Associated Press Find-Dirt-Any-Dirt-On-Harry-Reid-And-Make-It-Sound-As-Evil-As-Possible bureau chief."
• Jon Ralston, "How Harry Reid got backed into a corner and why he came out swinging," Las Vegas Sun, October 13, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Harry Reid disarms smear campaign, exceeds ethical requirements," AMERICAblog, October 16, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Responding to AP, Reid Cleans up His Act," TPM Muckraker, October 16, 2006.
• Joe Sudbay, "AP's John Solomon is obsessed with Harry Reid," AMERICAblog, October 17, 2006.