Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The Associated Press has me confused.
What day is this? Tuesday, right? Late afternoon? The AP is reporting that President Bush gave a speech on Tuesday evening about the situation in Iraq. Except that it's not yet Tuesday evening. And he hasn't given the speech, yet. This is how the Associated Press brings you the news, folks. The AP, apparently given a transcript of the president's speech in advance of the speech itself, writes the report about the speech, quotes the president, who hasn't yet said a damned word, then releases the report several hours in advance of the speech. Good work there.
Obviously the release of the report was a boner on the part of some hapless and soon-to-be-unemployed technician at the AP. But this also tells us that the AP, and who knows how many more MSM outlets, writes "news" reports prior to the news event occurring. Faith in the MSM? Not much, thanks.
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Obviously the release of the report was a boner on the part of some hapless and soon-to-be-unemployed technician at the AP. But this also tells us that the AP, and who knows how many more MSM outlets, writes "news" reports prior to the news event occurring. Faith in the MSM? Not much, thanks.
Linked to: Michelle Malkin, In the Bullpen, Pink Flamingo Bar and Grill, The Captain, OTB, Ed Driscoll, WordParts, American Conservative Daily, The Dead Pool, Through-A-Glass-Darkly, Not Your Father's America (a MoveOn blog), Think Progress, Suburban Guerrilla, From My Window, The Political Teen - you're to late, you've missed it, Disinterested Party, Daily Grit, Daily Pundit, The Counterterrorism Blog,
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