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MARK STEYN: Why newspapers are dying. “Wow. That’s ten ‘AP writers’ plus Calvin Woodward, the AP w…
Instapundit —
... MARK STEYN: Why newspapers are dying. “Wow. That’s ten ‘AP writers’ plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That’s 11 writers for a 695-word report.” ...
As Rush says, they always tell us who they are afraid of...
Random Jottings —
As Rush says, they always tell us who they are afraid of... Mark Steyn , on the AP's preposterous efforts to "fact check" a stolen copy of Governor Palin's forthcoming book: ...Wow. That's ten "AP writers" plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That's 11 writers for a 695-word report. What on? Obamacare? The Iranian nuke program? The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? No, the Associated Press assigned 11 writers to "fact-check" Sarah Palin's new book, and in return the 11 ...
AP assigns 11 “factcheckers” to Sarah Palin’s book – and they still get it wrong
Sister Toldjah —
Priceless!!
Mark Steyn, in a must-read, laughingly calls them the “Rogue Eleven”:
AP writers Matt Apuzzo, Sharon Theimer, Tom Raum, Rita Beamish, Beth Fouhy, H. Josef Hebert, Justin D. Pritchard, Garance Burke, Dan Joling and Lewis Shaine contributed to this report.
Wow. That’s ten “AP writers” plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That’s 11 writers ...
Ridiculous Overkill
Moonbattery —
... How much does the left-wing press hate/fear Sarah Palin? Well, the Associated Press assigned no fewer than 11 writers to fact-check her book, ...
AP PUT 11 FACT-CHECKERS OIN PALIN'S BOOK - BUT NON ON OBAMA'S
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
11. THE LEFTIST DOMINATED MEDIASAURS WANT TO DESTROY PALIN. THEY HAVEN'T AND WON'T DO THE SAME TO ANY LEFTISTS. JUST PROVES WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT. ...
Fact Checking
Neptunus Lex —
Arduous duty for ink-stained wretches, but many hands makes for light work.
The AP Assigned 11 Fact Checkers to Palin’s Book
Blogs For Victory —
And what did they find?
…the 11 fact-checkers triumphantly unearthed six errors. That’s 1.8333333 writers for each error. What earth-shattering misstatements did they uncover for this impressive investment? Stand well back:
PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking “only” for reasonably priced rooms and not “often” going for the “high-end, robe-and-slippers” hotels.
THE FACTS: Although she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while ...
It’s the New Math (Hope and Change Version)
The Sundries Shack —
Total numbers of AP reporters assigned to comb Sarah Palin’s book for mistakes = 11 . Total number of Soros-bots assigned to comb Rush Limbaugh’s shows for “mistakes” = ...
Media’s (Severe) Palin Derangement Syndrome
GayPatriot —
... Mark Steyn notes that AP relied on the services of writers in addition to Calvin Woodward (who got the byline) to “‘fact-check’ . . . Palin’s new book, and in return [those] 11 fact-checkers triumphantly unearthed six errors.” They are obsessed. ...
Eleven AP Reporters Turn Up Little in Palin 'Fact Check'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... rooms and not "often" going for the "high-end, robe-and-slippers" hotels.
THE FACTS: Although she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while governor, Palin and daughter Bristol stayed five days and four nights at the $707.29-per-night Essex House luxury hotel (robes and slippers come standard) for a five-hour women's leadership conference in New York in October 2007. With air fare, the cost to Alaska was well over $3,000.
Mark Steyn notes the absurdity of this statement.
That looks like AP paid 1.8333333 ...
Things Heard: e94v1
Stones Cry Out —
Carbon sponges. The APS and climate noted here.
Considering the armour of God and actual armour.
Guns and jihad.
The AP and scare quotes.
Lampooning some Palin critics. More from another source here.
Zoom.
Peak … gold?
Muslims abused in the military? Apparently not.
More than a little strange.
Somebody not getting military strategy. Waiting to get it all “just right” is ...
POLITICS: Losing the Rabbit Ears
Baseball Crank —
... , specifically regarding Palin's attitude towards her media antagonists (including the AP, which assigned 11 reporters to come up with some fairly flimsy "fact-checks" of Palin's book): ...
Layoffs Begin at AP: 'Fact-Checkers' Hardest Hit
JammieWearingFool —
The Associated Press let the world know they had redundant reportorial resources the other day when they devoted 11 reporters to "fact-check" Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue . Well, wouldn't it be a terrible shame if some of them were among the AP's ...
