Aside from being wrong, AP had Jeb story right

St. Petersburg Times ^ | January 8, 2005 | Lucy Morgan

[ReadyNow]

AP = CBS

[miltonim]

Funny headline

[Miss Marple]

Lucy Morgan must be a new reporter. She think the AP made a mistake.

Oh, sure, their facts were wrong, but it wasn't a mistake at all. It was an intentional effort to manufacture a story where none existed.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Hi Miss Marple.

I don't think she would have written a column if she believed it was a mistake.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

= Reuters = ABC....

[Cincinatus' Wife]

And fitting!

[dawn53]

She's not a new reporter, she covers Tallahassee for the St. Pete Times.

But even a liberal paper like the Times understand Jeb Bush is one of the "good guys." They may not always agree with him, but they seem to know he's a sincere guy.

His efforts after the hurricanes were tireless and selfless and the implication that this trip was purely for political gain seems to have made her mad.

[txzman]

Thanks for this post. Even though we know AP is always questionable whithout first getting confirmation.

[dirtboy]

In this world of journalism, seems to me we are getting awfully thin of skin when we cannot admit we made a mistake.

It wasn't a mistake. The AP injects this kind of bias deliberately, and, like CBS, bristles when anyone asks that they correct the bias.

[Unicorn]

St.Pete Times=NY Times liberal to the core

[RAY]

These a'holes are one of the reasons many of us have such low respect for most so called "news reporters" and "journalist". However, nothing has really changed with these folks in the last 150 years -- they are always trying to create a story and not reporting facts, too dull, it seems. They are trying to sale papers, their agenda, shape events, all driven by $$ and ego -- sometimes simply lying.

Free enterprise, it’s a great country we live in, one just has to have a good information filter - and work to keep 'em honest. Regardless, it can be disgusting at times.

Time to go fishing. The hell with politics. Gee, maybe I am a little too bitter! Anyway, I feel better now!

[raybbr]

His efforts after the hurricanes were tireless and selfless and the implication that this trip was purely for political gain seems to have made her mad.

What efforts? What exactly did Jeb do? Did he man bulldozers, build buildings, or even pick up a shovel? I am tired of seeing pols run around a disaster ala Clinton, and then getting credit for all the hard work they did. Silly. The insurance companies, state agencies, FEMA employees and private companies "were tireless". Not someone who has a governor's mansion to go home to every night.

[snowsislander]

What efforts? What exactly did Jeb do? Did he man bulldozers, build buildings, or even pick up a shovel? I am tired of seeing pols run around a disaster ala Clinton, and then getting credit for all the hard work they did. Silly. The insurance companies, state agencies, FEMA employees and private companies "were tireless". Not someone who has a governor's mansion to go home to every night.

While it is personally more dangerous to go out and get one's hands dirty doing many disaster recovery activities, I myself would not discount the responsibility and the effort that Governor Bush undertook. Coordinating emergency activities is not in my experience easy work, nor lightly taken on, but perhaps your experience is different. I believe that Governor Bush did take on a hands-on role in emergency coordination during the hurricanes, and my take is that he did a good job at this.

[aimhigh]

His own officer ticketed him for following too closely. "It was my fault," Hogue said. "I just wasn't careful enough."

Bumper bullies suck.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

[Grampa Dave]

AP myth writers aren't journalists.

They just write myths and pretend the myths are news.

[Lazamataz]

AP stands for Absolutely Partisan.

[raybbr]

While it is personally more dangerous to go out and get one's hands dirty doing many disaster recovery activities, I myself would not discount the responsibility and the effort that Governor Bush undertook.

It doesn't have to be dangerous. I doubt that Jeb actually did any coordinating other than making a couple of phone calls. He has an administration to do the work. Giving him credit for hiring the right people I can see. Giving him credit for doing the work doesn't seem right.

[ConservativeMan55]

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