In NY-26, Jack Davis Scuffles With Cameraman, and AP IDs Him As a 'Tea

Tom Blumer
May 12th, 2011 4:34 PM
Can someone call himself a Tea Party candidate even though he has no visible support from local Tea Party groups and has been asked by one of them not to run? The Associated Press's Carolyn Thompson apparently thinks so. Thompson's 3:03 p.m. report (saved here for future reference, fair use and discussion purposes) makes no mention of congressional candidate Jack Davis's lack of Tea Party…
 

AP's Kemp Obit Follows Recent Pattern: Find Something (Anything) Negat

Tom Blumer
May 3rd, 2009 8:55 AM
The Associated Press's obituary on Jack Kemp continued two troubling trends found in recent AP death notices.In July of last year, covering Tony Snow's passing (saved here; covered at NewsBusters here), AP reporters found seemingly everything negative they could think of to write about the former White House press secretary and 2008 Media Research Center Buckley Award winner (examples -- "good…