Open Thread

Today's starter: Did the AP earn Pulitzers for collaborating with terrorists? Probably, argues Power Line.

Omission Watch: Media Ignore Menendez Probe, Even As He Poses In Court

Associated Press Changes Headline to Distort Results of its Own Poll

The Real Clear Politics blog reported Sunday an interesting headline switcheroo apparently purported by the Associated Press (hat tip to our friend at GOP Video). RCP linked to an AP article on Friday which originally had the headline “GOP Gains Ground in Battle for Congress.” However, according to an RCP reader, when he or she clicked on the hyperlink for the article, the headline read “Poll…

Jonah Goldberg: See How AP Skips The D-Word In Cardin Prejudice Story

Md. Senate Campaign Staffer Fired for Racist, Anti-semitic Blog, Will

I wonder how much we'll be hearing of this news in the political press and how much Marylanders will from their MSM:Rep. Benjamin Cardin has fired a campaign staffer who wrote racially charged comments on an Internet blog against his opponent, Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who is black, Cardin's campaign confirmed Saturday. The blog includes a reference to "Devouring the Competition" by…

AP- Terror Issues Are Just Election Ploys

What Is the Deal with the Reporting on August Retail Sales

AP Reporter a Spy for Saddam Gov

AP Headlines Non-News, Skips the Big Stuff

The Incredible Re-Burning Car of Rafah

AP Hires Weapons Expert from United Nations

Is the AP Hiring Modern High School Students

Journos Blame Israel for Faulty Mideast Coverage

At a recent journalists convention in Israel, the assembled representatives of the world's elite media realized that press's coverage of the recent war in Lebanon has been flawed. And that it was Israel's fault. See NRO's Media blog for details, then read the rest of this article (h/t LGF):In short, much of the most incendiary media coverage of this war seems to have been either staged or…

AP a Little Slow: GOP Just Started Using 'Islamic Fascists