AP Acknowledges Mistake Supporting #StandWithWendy But Does Not Issue

Matthew Sheffield
July 17th, 2013 5:00 PM
The Associated Press, the most powerful and widely used wire service in the world, decided last week to lend its support to the extremist views of Texas state senator Wendy Davis by utlizing a Twitter hashtag #StandWithWendy used by her supporters. After pro-life bloggers called attention to the tweet, AP deleted the tweet from its official timeline but the wire service has still not…