Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies, AP Foreshadows Change in Roberts Hearing
September 4th, 2005 12:29 AM
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died late Saturday evening. As reported by Gina Holland of AP: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening of cancer, ending a remarkable 33-year tenure on the Supreme Court and creating a rare second vacancy on the nation's highest court.Rehnquist, 80, was surrounded by his three children when he died at his home in suburban Arlington.Sadly, the…
AP's Sheehan Coverage Gets Worse
August 24th, 2005 4:21 PM
I wrote a week and a half ago that the AP was acting as a PR firm for Cindy Sheehan. It doesn't appear that anything's changed. At all. If anything, it has gotten worse. They're still refusing to run with any of the controversial statements that she's made. They've not reported her comments on Hardball that "we should have gone after al Qaeda and maybe not after the country of Afghanistan…
"Embarrassing" Iraqi constitution coverage from the AP
August 23rd, 2005 11:33 AM
While all indications are that the negotiating parties are coming closer to agreement on a constitution that will create a democratic country, the Iraqis missed a self-imposed deadline at midnight last night. There are many different possible ways to approach this story. The AP's Anne Gearan has chosen to use the occasion for a news analysis piece (masquerading as straight news) criticizing…
