doesn't appear partisan when it agrees with your own pre-conceived notions but that article sure felt to me like it had a conservative philosophical agenda to it. There was a time when the AP steered clear of that type of reporting.

There's plenty of other venues out there that make no bones about putting out their own partisan spin out on things. The AP however has always been the source for publications of all kinds throughout the world to get the raw facts and then disseminate it with whatever spin they so desired. If the original source is biased that's a huge red flag to me.

I acknowledge that the AP over the past few years has swung to both sides from time to time but I'd rather they stay centered as was more their traditional role. Their job should be to put out the text of the speech and the text of the rebuttal. That's it. This "fact-checking" thing is necessary but is better handled in other parts of the media.

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