Because the AP is firmly on the side of groomers, it spreads lies that would make the literal Satanists at Target look like the victims here. Here is the AP’s published conspiracy theory:

“Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers,” reads the fake headline. The story opens with these lies:

Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.

The following day, the liars at the AP changed the story. Naturally, the story is still filled with unsupported allegations, but the AP’s conspiracy theories about threats and violence have been removed. But because the AP is a fake news outlet, no editor’s note explains the correction. The far-left hoaxsters are choosing to pretend it never happened.

The new headline reads, “Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing”.

[That’s not the only false claim that AP has been stealth editing this week. Yesterday, they began stealth-editing the false claim that a Florida school had “banned” Amanda Gorman’s book of poetry. You can follow those changes in my Twitter thread. — Ed]

The books are still in the library, and the school hasn't restricted access to them. They just moved them to another section. https://t.co/7cUeworgFnhttps://t.co/BNyvaLEJKb

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 25, 2023

Here's the link to the @AP story that they stealth-edited. Still no note on the changes made, and it's still wildly inaccurate.https://t.co/b5TAUQtXwm

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 26, 2023