Ah. This is what we call the "Ratherizing" of the AP.
The documents are fake, but the story's true.
Uh-huh.
E-mail I just sent to info@ap.org
RE: .....Bush Twists Kerry's Words on Iraq
AP Wire | 2004-09-25 | By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
I am having a difficulty separating your news reporting from your op-ed pieces.
Which of your writers are assigned to new reporting and which are assigned to writing opinion columns.
Ms. Loven's and Mr. Fournier's writings leave me a bit confused because they seem to be presented as News reports and do not appear on my newspapers op-ed page.
Is it possible for you to attach something to the headline of the story that would help your readers distinguish between those articles you are presenting as 'news' i.e. factual accounts of events and those which are 'opinion' i.e. an individuals interpretation and personal thoughts about events?
Please, I am not trying to be sarcastic or asking a rhetorical question; their really many of us who read a lot of news sources who reprint AP material and it is difficult for us to know weather the report we are reading can be trusted or weather we need to continue research to determine the real facts.
Thank You