The AP’s Cindy Sheehan Slime
by matt at 2:36 am on September 27th, 2005 in Iraq WarAssociated Press story on Cindy Sheehan’s arrest as carried on Yahoo News (9/26/05, AM):
Associated Press story on Cindy Sheehan’s arrest as carried on Yahoo News (9/26/05, PM):
Both ran under the byline of AP reporter Jennifer C. Kerr who seems to have been reading a few too many right wing blogs and newspapers to maintain any semblance of objectivity. As time passed on Monday more and more news organizations, to their credit, replaced Kerr’s words with more neutral (and accurate) text. But on Monday night, Google News still lists 175 instances of the original wording.
When was the last time a major newspaper ran an opening (or any other part of a story) like this:
George W. Bush, who used the tragedy of 9-11 to launch an elective war that killed Sheehan’s son…
Obviously never.
Correcting the offending text isn’t enough. The AP and Kerr owe Sheehan an apology.
The Bulldog Manifesto wrote:
Excellent post! I hope you forward this around to other blogs. More people should see this post. Thanks!
Posted 27 Sep 2005 at 3:03 am ¶
Deneb wrote:
It’s crazy to see how american medias manipulate public opinion. I thought United states was a free country. Now I see Soviet Union wasn’t much worse. Just another dictatorship.
Posted 27 Sep 2005 at 8:39 am ¶
Spider wrote:
This just sickens me. Who can we complain to?
Posted 27 Sep 2005 at 9:29 am ¶
matt wrote:
Theoretically: info@ap.org
Posted 27 Sep 2005 at 9:37 am ¶
nathan wrote:
I want justice… im sending an email.
Posted 27 Sep 2005 at 5:49 pm ¶