[Jim_Curtis]

AP originally said that the Army Corps originally confirmed that it was the police who shot at the contractors...

The question is, if the initial report was a lie, why was it AP's first instinct to lie about this?

[nicmarlo]

if the initial report was a lie, why was it AP's first instinct to lie about this?

I say, bias; it causes one to jump to conclusions/insinnuate/be less than honest/look through a distorted prism.....intentional or not.

[wimpycat]

I don't think the AP "lied" about it, nor did the CoE. It was just based on inaccurate information. The CoE probably knew their guys had been shot at on a bridge, then they hear the NOPD say they killed some people on a bridge before they know the condition of their guys...you see how initial reports can get mangled.