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At least according to an assistant editor to whom I spoke, my local paper the Torrance CA "South Bay Daily Breeze" considers the Associated Press certifiably "unbiased".

My call was in reference to AP writer Ron Fournier's "Analysis" of GWB's convention acceptance speech. This "analysis" was prominently positioned on the front page of yesterday's Breeze. Granted it was labeled "Analysis", but it was the one and only "analysis" anywhere to be seen.

To my surprise the Breeze has actually posted the column on their web site. Please judge for yourself whether a perceptible political orientation guides this "analysis".

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[Dont Mention the War]

My call was in reference to AP writer Ron Fournier's "Analysis" of GWB's convention acceptance speech. This "analysis" was prominently positioned on the front page of yesterday's Breeze. Granted it was labeled "Analysis", but it was the one and only "analysis" anywhere to be seen.

Whenever you're talking to a newspaper editor, you should always make the point that a "news analysis" on the front page, or any other news page, is an editorial disguised as news, and the objective thing to do would be to label it "Editorial."