tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post5060705484624207981..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: The Associated Press Joins The Democratic PartyAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-50758666903181298922010-03-27T21:40:52.575-04:002010-03-27T21:40:52.575-04:00Thanks for the article. I agree with Crispy. Thi...Thanks for the article. I agree with Crispy. This makes me very angry.MegaTrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234420338804013858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-66628821293483860182010-03-26T12:58:41.886-04:002010-03-26T12:58:41.886-04:00Sorry Crispy. It's just a sign of the times.Sorry Crispy. It's just a sign of the times.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-16758541543115406242010-03-26T12:40:55.722-04:002010-03-26T12:40:55.722-04:00Another good article, Andy. Why is that all your ...Another good article, Andy. Why is that all your good articles make me want to hurl, though? :(~CrispyRicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302075204880024936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-75799136822729932422010-03-26T11:37:59.350-04:002010-03-26T11:37:59.350-04:00Patti, You're absolutely right. There was a t...Patti, You're absolutely right. There was a time that if the AP reported it, then it was true. Their job was to give you the story. What you did with is was up to you. But the AP has been drifting left for years and has now actively endorse the idea of letting reports decide which facts to pay up, which to dismiss, and how to spin their stories. Sad.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-20975837658346054562010-03-26T11:36:17.151-04:002010-03-26T11:36:17.151-04:00Stan, Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I thi...Stan, Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think the AP is the real battleground. As Bev says, with newspapers going more and more to just repeating AP stories, if we could get the AP to recognize it's responsibility to just report facts, then that would go a long way to breaking the left-wing media bias. But I don't see that happening.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-40860590879899145822010-03-26T11:32:35.493-04:002010-03-26T11:32:35.493-04:00Bev, That's true. And I find it interesting t...Bev, That's true. And I find it interesting that so many papers are choosing to rely on the AP, but aren't complaining about the becoming an editorial organization.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-20294508811927035902010-03-26T11:05:31.550-04:002010-03-26T11:05:31.550-04:00my dad was an old-school journalist, actually the ...my dad was an old-school journalist, actually the first to teach me to question the slant of everything i read. "every story has an agenda."<br><br>back in the day, when i went to work with him, the AP came over "the wire" which was a machine that spit out stories and you would tear them off and then relay (read) them to your audience. the AP was where it was at; they were gospel.<br><br>today, not so much. if daddy were alive, he'd mock them for being a sellout.pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61580575601307008012010-03-26T09:00:53.615-04:002010-03-26T09:00:53.615-04:00Great read Andrew! The AP has been a tool of the l...Great read Andrew! The AP has been a tool of the left for decades, they were just able to hide better when most major newspapers had field reporters. Sycophancy doesn’t even begin to cover the propaganda wing of the left…this must change. The AP is one of the things Rush used to coin the phrase “Drive-by-Media,” where reporters don’t check facts but read or print the wire which is invariably slanted hard left. The same holds true for “Reuters,” hard left and useless. Good article and needs to be illuminated regular and often!StanHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-40084344192726366622010-03-26T02:54:53.420-04:002010-03-26T02:54:53.420-04:00The more and more newspapers layoff reporters, the...The more and more newspapers layoff reporters, the more they rely on AP reports. Especially for their online versions. Soon there will be one reporter writing all the news for all the news agencies.BevfromNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-82902988285150738492010-03-25T21:06:41.771-04:002010-03-25T21:06:41.771-04:00Joel, Most of the AP articles have writers listed....Joel, Most of the AP articles have writers listed. In fact, I've been informally keeping track of who are some of the worst. The worst is Liz Sidoti -- total left wing hack.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61003632221427831582010-03-25T20:55:52.977-04:002010-03-25T20:55:52.977-04:00Andrew,Doesn't AP stand for Anonymous Posers? ...Andrew,<br><br>Doesn't AP stand for Anonymous Posers? Or is it Another Poop? <br><br>Seriously, why is it, we don't even know who is writing the AP articles?Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-80700429639143739352010-03-25T19:32:18.424-04:002010-03-25T19:32:18.424-04:00Writer X, Isn't that the truth. For the amoun...Writer X, Isn't that the truth. For the amount they collect as a news service, you would think they could at least hire competent writers and maybe an editor or two?AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-84146100109650502832010-03-25T19:18:50.179-04:002010-03-25T19:18:50.179-04:00Andrew, not only are the AP reporters delusional b...Andrew, not only are the AP reporters delusional but their writing skills stink. Whenever I need a good laugh, I read their news articles and inevitably find spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. I've seen better reporting from high school students.Writer Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-13187059953265016882010-03-25T19:11:27.817-04:002010-03-25T19:11:27.817-04:00LL, There certainly is a lot of "stooge"...LL, There certainly is a lot of "stooge" and "fellow traveler" about the MSM these days. Literally, the articles I've read lately read like pure propaganda.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-86374783760628282712010-03-25T19:09:09.233-04:002010-03-25T19:09:09.233-04:00In past years, the AP would have been labeled &quo...In past years, the AP would have been labeled "Stooges". Today, since the state run media has nearly a complete monopoly on the NEWS, they are heroes, sharing heroic tales.<br><br>It's a joke. I don't watch the news anymore. Nothing there worth watching.LLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-15274959032647711882010-03-25T19:01:43.517-04:002010-03-25T19:01:43.517-04:00Thanks Lawhawk, I figured you would want to know t...Thanks Lawhawk, I figured you would want to know that you had that wrong! LOL! I guess they shouldn't have caused the drought?<br><br>The AP has been suspect in my mind for a while -- especially the foreign AP. Then I read two years ago how they had decide to officially let their "reporters" shade the truth.... which they called, putting the facts into context. At that point, I knew it was over. And we are way past that point by now.<br><br>The various articles I read this week would have seemed shameless if a Democratic PF firm had put them out. Yet, the AP, a supposedly unbiased "news gatherer" not only ran with them, but didn't even bother verifying the few facts they included.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-33458181411509850722010-03-25T18:53:31.603-04:002010-03-25T18:53:31.603-04:00Andrew: The AP has had a reputation for hinky new...Andrew: The AP has had a reputation for hinky news articles that sound like editorials for some time. It was clear that they had taken sides in the Israeli/Palestinian war when they published cheaply-photoshopped pictures of the horrors committed by the murderous Israelis on the innocent Palestinians (right after several Hamas rocket were launched into Israeli civilian centers from Gaza). <br><br>I think that what has caught the attention of the American public is what you've very nicely described. I suppose after ABC took up residence in the White House, we shouldn't be surprised about AP. Since the AP is supposed to be strictly a news disseminator, apparently the only news worth reporting in the past year has been Democrat successes and the elevation of Obama to messiah. <br><br>PS: Loved your comment on Cardoza and Costa. I suspected I had drawn the wrong conclusion. Thank God for AP to get the facts right. LOLLawHawkSFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.com