Bob McCarty Writes

Obama’s comments were mushy, yes, but at least he said the most important thing, according to AP: He said it’s up to Iran to determine its own leaders but that the country must respect voters’ choice. Why then have reputable people continued to pass harsh judgment? And why would AP paraphrase what would have been [...]

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While reading an Associated Press report this morning about events that took place at the Bluegrass Ball Monday night, I found one important detail omitted from the report were as telling as the ones included. The missing detail in the piece by Laurie Kellman was the one that would have explained how and where former [...]

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A report in Editor & Publisher today leads me to believe there might be a positive trend taking shape on the horizon. America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry reports top executives and editors from several major dailies in the Northeast, dissatisfied with The Associated Press, met recently to discuss the formation of a content-sharing [...]

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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar cites “actuarial math” as the reason behind his headline-inspiring conclusion that there’s a “One-in-four chance McCain may not survive 2nd term” if elected to a first.  What the Associated Press writer failed to mention, however, is the fact that McCain’s mother has lived almost as long as Barack Obama Jr.‘s parents COMBINED! Obama’s [...]

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Surveillance cameras at the First State Bank in Parkersburg, Iowa, were rolling when an EF-5 tornado crashed into the building on May 25. The bank was empty. [Note: Video contains only natural sound.]

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Associated Press reported in an article March 5 that Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother in Kenya was a Christian. Six days later, AP issued a correction: “Grandma Obama” is a Muslim after all. How did such a blatant falsehood — known in journalism circles as an “error in fact” — make its way past [...]

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What an insult! Click on the photo above and you’ll find in the caption that Associated Press misidentified Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), shown at right, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). The photo and caption appeared inside a box to the right of the article, Senate OKs New Rules on Eavesdropping. Senator McConnell should [...]

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