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AP Bias strikes again (Free Republic is cited for finding bias)
Swimming through the Spin ^ | September 3, 2004 | bkm

Posted on 09/03/2004 2:16:17 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16

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To: Dog

I wonder if any newspapers will run with the old, incorrect story tomorrow?


81 posted on 09/03/2004 2:56:54 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: GoLightly
It was NOT a local stringer. The Milwaukee office of the AP told someone in town here that it was an AP reporter traveling with W.

Anyone with contacts there that would know?

82 posted on 09/03/2004 2:57:06 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: Dog

Kicking a$$ and taking names!!


83 posted on 09/03/2004 2:57:44 PM PDT by Trust but Verify (Charter member Broken Glass Republicans (2000))
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Just checked The Boston Globe. They have corrected the article but they have NOT issued a retraction.

WHERE ARE THE RETRACTIONS AND APOLOGIES? (not that I'm holding my breath)


84 posted on 09/03/2004 2:58:58 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: ET(end tyranny)

Mark Belling can & will make the life if Lee Hughes miserable if Hughes is lying to him. He's ready to give out the fax number to the Milwaukee office on air.


85 posted on 09/03/2004 3:00:53 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Trust but Verify

Hugh Hewitt calls us freepers modern day coast watchers....we earned our stripes today.


86 posted on 09/03/2004 3:02:52 PM PDT by Dog
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Isn't this called 'projection' or something? They are accusing conservatives of something that they themselves would do.


87 posted on 09/03/2004 3:03:12 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Artemis Webb

Guess they don't mind insulting the people of small city America.


88 posted on 09/03/2004 3:03:39 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Here's an idea: Go to Google News and Google for all the reprints of the article. When you find sites that include the fabrication, email them the correction. Here is my correspondence with one:

"Your story about Bush's audience booing when he wished Clinton well is incorrect. The reporter completely fabricated the reaction and the AP has already issued a correction."

I received this response 2 minutes later:

"We have removed the story from our website. Thank you for e-mailing us the error.

thanks again
Bronwyn
WCCO-News"

I replied with this:

"Thank you for your quick response, but damage has already been done. How about your local news dept. doing a story about the error, why and how it happened, and who is responsible. National media need to be held accountable for errors like this, this should not just be pulled. If you listen to the audio of the rally, this is not just a simple mistake, it is a fabrication. Are you comfortable having reporters feed you stories containing this kind of error? It also affects your credibility and reputation when it's posted on your site, and you can get out ahead of it by making the error itself the story."


I still haven't heard back


89 posted on 09/03/2004 3:04:55 PM PDT by mongrel
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To: GoLightly
Mark Belling can & will make the life if Lee Hughes miserable if Hughes is lying to him. He's ready to give out the fax number to the Milwaukee office on air.

Do they really think they are helping the dems when they lie? I hope this gets follow up and I hope FNC reports on it.

90 posted on 09/03/2004 3:08:43 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Just sent my fax. The voice line is busy (surprised). The fax did go through.

Ap Milwaukee Bureau
918 N. Fourth Street
Milwaukee WI 53203-1596
(414) 225-3580
(414) 225-3599 Fax


91 posted on 09/03/2004 3:09:08 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Kept it short:

VIA FACSIMILE

September 3, 2004

AP Milwaukee Bureau
918 N. Fourth Street
Milwaukee WI 53203-1596

RE: President Bush Rally Story – 1130 WISN

Sir,

It is unconscionable that your agency would report slanderous information about the President and about the citizens of Wisconsin. You must reveal the name of the reporter who filed a false story and indicate what will be done to relieve him of his duties.

In the meantime, AP has absolutely no credibility.


Sincerely,
Lawrence J. Lucido


92 posted on 09/03/2004 3:10:15 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Dog

If only I could get paid to be a full-time news-hawk. My work as a software engineer is interfering with my ability to expose all the Left's lies. ;)


93 posted on 09/03/2004 3:10:47 PM PDT by MaineRepublic
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To: mongrel

Hope they do investigate and get back to you. Keep us informed.


94 posted on 09/03/2004 3:10:47 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: DebWisconsin
I listened to the clip. Sounded like cheers and some low roars.

This is kind of a stretch--is it remotely possible that some reporter heard what he/she wanted to hear? If one had already made up one's mind that the Republicans would celebrate the news about Clinton, one could in a moment of zealousness hear boos where there were none.

Not that it's any less acceptable, but it may not have been intentional.

95 posted on 09/03/2004 3:10:58 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Dog
Start digging freepers......name the reporter.

I've noticed that AP stories RARELY carry a byline. Do you think that's intentional?

AP Washington office is 202-776-9400

96 posted on 09/03/2004 3:11:35 PM PDT by rudy45
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To: GoLightly

"He's ready to give out the fax number to the Milwaukee office on air."

See my #91.


97 posted on 09/03/2004 3:12:22 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Anyone know if the United Press is an associate of AP or are they competitors?


98 posted on 09/03/2004 3:13:47 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Larry Lucido

Saw it. Good job.


99 posted on 09/03/2004 3:14:25 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: rudy45

It's been a while since I was a journalist and I've misplaced my AP Style Guide, but there are rules for bylines and datelines. I may be wrong, but bylines are not required on every little piece of copy that appears in news.


100 posted on 09/03/2004 3:14:39 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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