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In reply to the discussion: Dennis Hastert is a Democrat. (according to Fox/Yahoo/AP) [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)54. Do you include the AP in that group?
They use a lot of independent journalists. My daughter does work for them. I haven't gotten the message that they hate democrats.
I tend to think this is just lazy fact checking and am also incensed by this kind of journalism. It really hurts their credibility.
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Yes, I remember when fox did that, saw the little banner running at the bottom of the screen showing
EV_Ares
May 2015
#133
And many news outlets frequently referred to Mark Foley as Tom Foley (D-WA)
Dont call me Shirley
May 2015
#135
I've seen many examples of Republicans with problems being labelled "Democrats". Never ...
Scuba
May 2015
#17
" 'political-party-identification-confusion' mental health disorder..."
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2015
#191
Apparently the Associated Press doesn't fact check their news articles and shouldn't be considered
think
May 2015
#35
The news "aggregators" are owned by the wealthy...of course they are biased, and better at it.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#55
Exactly. FOX should have made the change. Nothing obligates FOX to run an error from AP.
merrily
May 2015
#21
I seem to remember Faux Snooze identifying former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig as a "D"
bulloney
May 2015
#25
they're experts at creating smoke to make everyone see fire: remember the first question
MisterP
May 2015
#91
Anyone have a compilation of these "mistakes"? Old DU had a graphic with several.
Scuba
May 2015
#16
The same Speaker of the House that had Tom Delay as Majority Leader....Was he a Democrat?
INdemo
May 2015
#42
Thank You for the above...terrific proof of the "non Intential" slanting of news..
Stuart G
May 2015
#56
They say he is a Democrat, you say he is a Republican, so there is no real consensus on which he is.
GoneFishin
May 2015
#67
not you but sure can tell Fox News fans from the ones that just follow it to get a migraine
PatrynXX
May 2015
#109
You want editors fired for an AP error? Everytime AP has an error all editors are fired?
DesMoinesDem
May 2015
#115
I'm pretty sure that's not true. Why would AP allow others to edit their articles?
DesMoinesDem
May 2015
#113
Well obviously anyone can write their own articles. That is not what you claimed.
DesMoinesDem
May 2015
#145
Just stop. Random editors can't edit AP articles and shouldn't. AP will correct their own errors
DesMoinesDem
May 2015
#182
On the bright side, now we know who the Associated Press associates with.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2015
#112
Any surprise? Fox still occasionally and "mistakenly" calls our President "Barack Osama".
George II
May 2015
#119
This article is on over 500 websites. Could you please explain to me why you are so concerned
DesMoinesDem
May 2015
#147
FOX is not a news channel. MSM nightly 'news' is censored. This should be the ''given''.
YOHABLO
May 2015
#188