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calimary

(80,693 posts)
7. Actually, the AP is what's called a collective.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 12:24 PM
Sep 2015

Owned by its member stations and newspapers. They all pay a fee as members. Internally that's what they're referred to: "members." Nobody ever described or referred to them as "affiliates" the way stations affiliated with the NBC or the ABC network, for example, were called "affiliates." (I used to work at NBC - AND at an ABC O&O, too, btw.)

I used to work at the AP - for nine years. It's not a corporation. Never has been. Just wasn't set up that way. If any RWs are part of the ownership, it's because they're that way at the station level.

After I left, however, I noticed they'd hired ron fournier to head the Washington DC bureau. He set out to change things, issuing an "all-hands" memo dictating that reporters and writers could and should start putting point of view into their political coverage. When I was still there, everybody tried pretty damn hard to be objective, and NOT to betray any personal points of view or attitudes or political slants. He fucked that up. Not there anymore, but at that point, as far as I'm concerned, they were tainted.

But they don't have a big corporate owner or a 1%er at the top, as the other conventional networks do. Hell, with what little they paid ANYBODY, no one at the AP would EVER qualify as a 1%er.

AP gave themselves away when they recently purposely distorted a nuclear agreement story about Iran. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #1
Actually, the AP is what's called a collective. calimary Sep 2015 #7
Thanks for that informative post. YoungDemCA Sep 2015 #9
Also, thanks for your background. Ron Fornier who is now head of the RW National Review erronis Sep 2015 #13
Yeah, and THAT did not surprise me one bit. calimary Sep 2015 #41
TERRIBLE news, therefore AP cant be relied on for anything...this is insane randys1 Sep 2015 #26
Working at the AP was something we all regarded as similar to being in the Army. calimary Sep 2015 #40
Thank you or sharing that with us. Wow, what an experience randys1 Sep 2015 #43
A pleasure! calimary Sep 2015 #44
It's likely she wouldn't be in the news at all TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #2
you have a point treestar Sep 2015 #4
True, and very sad... Johnyawl Sep 2015 #5
Oh, wow. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #3
It's probably not in AP's stylebook... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #6
You can't spell 'crap' without AP. KamaAina Sep 2015 #8
LOL! Orrex Sep 2015 #11
Love that! bvf Sep 2015 #16
Let me guess... KamaAina Sep 2015 #17
LOL! --- also underpants Sep 2015 #28
I am beginning to believe it! Rex Sep 2015 #34
If you've seen one case of glaring sexism in the media, you've seen Amal. Orrex Sep 2015 #10
GatDanged lack of thumbs-up button for posts. OriginalGeek Sep 2015 #18
Maybe I should have called her 'actor's wife' in a thread title muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #12
I'd settle for the 20th KamaAina Sep 2015 #14
"The Little Lady" lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #15
Should Jill Biden be referred to as "Professor of English at Northern VA Community College"? Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #19
In what capacity as George Clooney's wife did Amal Clooney represent the defendant? nt MrScorpio Sep 2015 #20
If she's representing someone in court, it's pretty obvious that she's a lawyer. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #21
Some call it "extra color" while others (more accurately) call it irrelevance. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #22
I doubt that this would even be a news story if she wasn't married to Clooney. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #23
"Extra color?" MrScorpio Sep 2015 #24
Neither you nor I would ever have heard of her if not for her marriage to George. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #25
Frankly, I DON'T think that being ignorant the fact... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #29
That's Dr. Biden to you. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #38
I think it's a little pretentious for those with non-medical doctoral degrees Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #42
Woooooosh......nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #45
With all the outrageous crap that the media pulls on a daily basis tularetom Sep 2015 #27
Casual sexism... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #30
"Sheryl Sandberg's husband, Dave Goldberg, dies suddenly" Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #31
His death was announced on a Facebook post, Sheryl Sandberg's company... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #32
"John Whitman, husband of former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman, dies" Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #33
Is there a point behind you comparing apples to oranges? MrScorpio Sep 2015 #39
First of all I have a somewhat limited capacity for worry and right now its pretty well used up tularetom Sep 2015 #36
Yeah, the fact that she changed her name to "Clooney" kind of confirms your last point (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #37
So AP Tweeted "actor's wife" instead of "human rights lawyer"....So what? red dog 1 Sep 2015 #35
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