From the AP site:

The Associated Press is the bastion of the people’s right to know around the world. With a long history of involvement in FOI issues and actions, AP is an industry leader in “open government issues.”

The scope of AP’s efforts worldwide is extraordinary. Whether reporting on Iraqi prisoner abuse or the difficulty in getting aid to tsunami victims, AP captures the consequences of government action or inaction.

At the state level, AP open government efforts are coordinated by the chief of bureau, working in conjunction with state members, FOI councils, industry associations and other interested groups.

“We must remember that no government, no administration, is going to give us our rights if we are not ready to stand up and fight for them.”

Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley, in a Feb. 6, 2009 speech accepting the William Allen White Foundation award for journalism excellence.

Democrats unidentifed in corruption stories and Republicans always identified.
Obama policies = good, Republican policies = bad.
Democrat plans = good, Republican plans = bad.
Muslims = good, christians = bad.
Non-religious = good, christians = bad.
Terrorists = abused, US soldiers = abusers.

Why do most AP reports look like they came from DNC headquarters?

1500 newspapers and the overwhelming positive news is for the liberals and against the conservatives. If they held to their policy stated above, we would be seeing a more balanced, cynical view of the government and its actions.

The AP was trying to offer the station a superior service for their needs.

Oh, is that all it was doing? I’m sure that’s as accurate as most of the reporting they disseminate.

1. No real competition = no innovation

Quash the competition, buy the competitors, sell money-losing divisions to suckers. Somewhere along the line, actually inventing new stuff falls by the wayside. Exactly what has Lotus developed since it was bough…

Who is the AP? Where are their corporate offices? Who is on their board? Who collects the money that affiliates pay?

Look at the majority of Dem friendly, Republican baching stories – they all seem to come from “AP”. We can refuse to watch a tv show, refuse to listen to a radio program, not buy a publication, but how do we ignore “AP”?

Who is the AP?

SouthernRoots on April 9, 2009 at 11:13 AM

From their website:

2. Who owns The Associated Press?
The Associated Press is a not-for-profit cooperative, which means it is owned by its 1,500 U.S. daily newspaper members. They elect a board of directors that directs the cooperative.

That explains a lot.

Okay, I’m torn on several levels. Primarily, should I actually link to the article? Will it get me in trouble?
The Associated Press and the newspaper industry plan an aggressive effort to track down copyright violators on the Internet and try to …

AP sends cease-and-desist to — itself!

Dissociative nuance.(tm)

The Associated Press developed out of the necessity for small town newpapers to have content that did not require “journalist/writers” on their payroll.
Rovin on April 9, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Yes, and if I read it right, it was a decentralized sharing network. With the telegraph, independent newspapers recognized how expensive and burdensome it was to send a journalist cross-country. Why not network and re-print content from another member, closer to the story? Good idea, but today it is a centralized leftist hole.

In August of 2006:

Google has agreed to pay the Associated Press for use of its news stories and pictures, according to a statement released by the two companies on Wednesday.

And as of yesterday

His appearance came one day after The Associated Press announced a news industry initiative to track down copyright violators on the Internet and try to divert traffic from Web sites that don’t properly license news content. The AP didn’t name any potential targets, but some news reports focused on Internet search engines like Google.

Schmidt said Google has a multimillion-dollar licensing deal for AP content.

“I was a little confused by all the excitement in the news in the last 24 hours,” he said.

BTW, OT but are there posting rules, like only so many per post? Because I’ve tried to post 3 or so in the immigration thread and they just disappear, no message.
amkun on April 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM

Me too. Whassup w/dat?

Akzed on April 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM

Like many other blogs with comments sections, we get hit with a tremendous amount of spam. We use a filter system that tries to stop spam from being published. One of the keys is hyperlinks. One or two will usually get through, but more than that puts the comment in moderation.

Also, resubmitting the same comment over and over again results in all of them going into the moderation queue. If your comment does not immediately appear, Allahpundit or I will eventually approve it.

Me too. Whassup w/dat?

Akzed on April 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM

I’ve found that most of the time this happens when you try to provide a link to your post. I think it’s a glitch in the process. I’ve also found that if you sign out and sign back in the posting problems seems to be far less intrusive. Just a guess.

Who is the AP?

SouthernRoots on April 9, 2009 at 11:13 AM

The Associated Press developed out of the necessity for small town newpapers to have content that did not require “journalist/writers” on their payroll. With the slow disintegration of national news providers, AP is attempting to solidify its place in the new electronic media field that will have more conrol over news content. Right now they are a glorified Drudge Report with “writers/jounalist” that can not find a job with the shrinking national papers. They will be a powerful force in the media in the future because so many news providers will rely on them for content. And they do tend to provide left leaning and biased content over balanced views. Their Jamal Hussein fabrications that came out of Iraq did little damage to their reputation. My fear would be that AP would not allow commentary or rebuttal for what they write in the future and there would be no medium to challenge their “reports”.

BTW, OT but are there posting rules, like only so many per post? Because I’ve tried to post 3 or so in the immigration thread and they just disappear, no message.
amkun on April 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM

Me too. Whassup w/dat?

If memory serves, The News Organization That Cannot Be Quoted™ used to make its own player embeddable (it no longer is).

As for the Google situation, while Google News (and Yahoo News) are TNOTCBQ™ affiliates, their web-search businesses are the targets for, among other things, linking to, and archiving, non-affiliate sites that happen to use more than 2 words from TNOTCBQ™.