AP Turns Better Than Expected Economic News Into a Calamity
Some good economic news was released by the Labor Department today. However, if you rely on the AP as your source for such things, you’d never know it:“Surging costs for gasoline and other energy products fueled inflation at the wholesale level in August, pressure that is expected to become even more intense once the full impact of Hurricane Katrina is felt.“The Labor Department said its…
AP Still Finds a Way to Criticize Bush
A couple of weeks ago, I addressed a piece from the AP's Jennifer Loven. Loven, the wife of a former Clinton administration environmental official, found it necessary to write, as gasoline prices were rising, about how George W. Bush was probably the greatest consumer of gasoline. Well, after almost two weeks of absolutely relentless criticism of the President for not taking Katrina seriously,…
Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies, AP Foreshadows Change in Roberts Hearing
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…
