Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Shameless Editorializing

The Associated Press injected an editorial comment into the news... again. A few days ago, the AP issued a piece headlined Senate Republicans block heating aid bill, in which the AP made it seem as if Republicans don't care about "the poor" and are only interested in mere political partisanship [snip]

"Although a dozen Senate Republicans support the measure, most voted with GOP leaders who would rather spend the time trumpeting their call to expand offshore oil drilling before Congress takes six weeks off for vacation and the presidential nominating conventions."
And the GOP response to all this populist moralizing? How did the AP explain the GOP position in a fair and balanced way?

Well... they didn't. While the report featured several Democratic quotes showing how wonderful and caring they are not a single quote from any Republican explaining their stance was provided.

[what bias?]

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