Does the AP..ADMIT... to editorializing? . . Or are they still maintaining

[annabanana]

that they are an independent information wire?

Judiciary panel endorses Holder for attorney general
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans, who acted like lions in challenging Eric Holder, turned into lambs yesterday as they joined Democrats in recommending President Barack Obama's choice for attorney general.http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/nation/ny-ushold296015744jan29,0,1242659.story

(emphasis mine, edited to add link)

[Judi Lynn]

1. Pathetic, isn't it? They've been doing this and far worse for years. It's NOT clean journalism. n/t

[Pryderi]

2. Didn't Helen Thomas quit because of it?

[terisan]

3. Helen Thomas quit UPI due to it being taken over by Rev Moon. Did she ever work for AP?

[Z_I_Peevey]

4. Ron Fournier, Rush Limbaugh's pal,

is Washington bureau chief, is he not?

[ogneopasno]

5. Just remember, you can't spell CRAP without AP. And edited to add:

This kind of fuzzy editorializing is a direct result of j-school grads from 10-15 years ago embracing "alternative storytelling," "nontraditional ledes" and "colorful language" in an effort to "draw readers in" and "show, not tell." Just report the goddamn story already and leave the fancy writing to novelists.

/former city editor.

[Kalyke]

6. We weren't allowed to do that on hard news copy.

And I graduated J-School in 1992. :)

[ogneopasno]

7. You missed out, then. Part of the reason I got out of it was the total slacking-off on standards

for reporters and the encouragement of softer, more oblique ledes. It's driving me right up the fracking wall.