Ex-Friends, The Associated Press joins the White House enemies list.

WSJ ^ | OCTOBER 29, 2009 | JAMES TARANTO

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An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports," the Associated Press reports.

Time magazine's Joe Klein has not yet labeled the AP's reporting seditious, but the Obama administration does seem to have added the wire service to its enemies list. Tommy Christopher of Mediaite.com reports Ed DeSeve, senior adviser to the president for Recovery Act implementation, complains that "the story draws misleading conclusions" and "looks at only a small portion of the data." But, Christopher writes:

The problem is, the Associated Press notes all of this in their story, with one exception. Rather than concluding that the much larger round of reporting will definitely be more accurate, they say "The reporting problem could be magnified Friday" when the new data is posted. The AP does quote DeSeve's assurances that the new data will be more reliable

DeSeve's "real facts" consist of things that are either already in the AP's report, or won't be available until Friday. It doesn't seem fair to punish the AP writers for their lack of a time machine. I've had problems with AP reporting in the past, but in this case, they're on solid footing. The fact that they found errors is newsworthy, and they provided fairly broad context for their story. DeSeve should have thought of a way to tell his side of the story without trashing the AP.

[OneWingedShark]

That’s kinda funny.

[GOP Poet]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha oh and did I say HA!?

[Fred Hayek]

Hey Zero, just keep digging that hole of yours. People are seeing you for what you are, even people you thought were on your side. You are a wannabe tyrant.
BTW I consider it a badge of honor to be considered your enemy.

[ought-six]

The Obamites are a petty, petulant lot. They never grew up beyond third grade. They are an embarrassment to the Republic. To paraphrase Shakespeare: “Won't someone rid us of this noisome bunch?”

[Doe Eyes]

I remember when most Freepers thought the Associated Press was part of the Liberal Mainstream Media.

[OrangeHoof]

I did notice that AP story last weekend about “obscene” health insurance profits being a total crock. Oh, my! What will Nedra Pickler and Ron Fournier do??

[maine-iac7]

I saw this on CNN tonight - I NEVER watch CNN in my house, but was a captive dinner guest -
I couldn’t believe they were reporting this.

Just maybe the media got the wake up call that they were being led down the golden path to state controlled media - and are now asserting their independence.

We can hope

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Just maybe the media got the wake up call that they were being led down the golden path to state controlled media - and are now asserting their independence.

Yep, they are starting to realize that the First Estate (the White House) wants to assimilate the Fourth Estate...