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September 6, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media

AP Deletes Tweet Falsely Claiming JD Vance Belittled School Shooting.

The Associated Press (AP) has deleted a disingenuous article claiming former President Donald J. Trump‘s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, described school shootings as “a fact of life.” The supposedly impartial news wire service had taken the Ohio lawmaker grossly out of context, with his full quote on the subject of a recent shooting in Georgia being, “I don’t like this. I don’t like to admit this. I don’t like that this is a fact of life, but if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you’ve realized that our schools are soft targets, and we have got to bolster security at our schools.”

Vance also said, “If these psychos are going to go after our kids, we’ve got to be prepared for it,” stressing: “We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in. We’ve got to deal with it.”

AP acknowledges it provided only a “partial quote”—eagerly seized upon by the Kamala Harris campaign—in a social media post sharing its replacement article. However, it has stopped short of issuing an apology.

REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE.

The news agency received heavy criticism for its misleading reporting. The scandal follows X (formerly Twitter) owner and tech mogul Elon Musk stating, “AP stands for Associated Propaganda,” in response to another questionable report on “Right-wing influencers [being] duped to work for [a] covert Russian influence operation.” This was illustrated with a photograph of Donald Trump, despite the fact that most of the influencers were not Trump supporters.

The “fact of life” article is not the first article on Vance that AP has had to delete. In July, a gratuitous “fact check” centered on a false claim about the vice presidential hopeful having “sex with a couch” was taken down, with the new agency admitting the article “didn’t go through our standard editing process.”

“This is yet another case of the fake news media brazenly lying about a Republican politician,” Vance’s spokesman William Martin told The National Pulse.

”Senator Vance said exactly the opposite of what the Associated Press claimed. It should come as no surprise that the AP lost any and all credibility it had years ago, because they will lie about literally anything in order prop up the Democrats. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has called for all police officers to be removed from schools, putting children all over America at risk. It’s yet another example of how Kamala Harris’s weak, failed, and dangerously liberal agenda makes her unfit for office.”

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The Associated Press (AP) has deleted a disingenuous article claiming former President Donald J. Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, described school shootings as "a fact of life." The supposedly impartial news wire service had taken the Ohio lawmaker grossly out of context, with his full quote on the subject of a recent shooting in Georgia being, “I don’t like this. I don’t like to admit this. I don’t like that this is a fact of life, but if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you’ve realized that our schools are soft targets, and we have got to bolster security at our schools.” show more
May 22, 2024
Election Integrity
Immigration

Associated Press: ‘Yes, Non-Citizens Vote, But It’s Not a Big Deal.’

Republicans are advancing the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would mandate proof of citizenship for voting, citing concerns over illegal voting by noncitizens despite opposition from Democrats. The Associated Press (AP) has acknowledged instances of foreign nationals illegally registering and voting. However, it insists that the SAVE Act is not necessary.

AP reporter Ali Swenson states that “the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans.” Although Swenson concedes that there have been incidents of noncitizens registering and voting illegally, she argues that federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections and suggests that cases of illegal voting by noncitizens are not occurring in significant numbers. She also insists that states already have measures to counteract such actions.

Critics of the current system, however, note that the federal government does not require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. Federal voter registration forms only require individuals to affirm their citizenship by checking a box, effectively making the process reliant on the honor system.

Democrats oppose the SAVE Act, arguing that additional ID requirements could disenfranchise eligible voters who might not have immediate access to documents such as birth certificates or Social Security cards. Swenson cited a left-leaning activist who contended that IDs like Social Security numbers or driver’s licenses already entail proof of citizenship. Proponents of the SAVE Act argue that if such IDs already reflect citizenship status, requiring them should not constitute disenfranchisement.

Earlier this month, the National Pulse reported that not only are illegal aliens voting, but they are also three times more likely to vote for Democrats.

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Republicans are advancing the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would mandate proof of citizenship for voting, citing concerns over illegal voting by noncitizens despite opposition from Democrats. The Associated Press (AP) has acknowledged instances of foreign nationals illegally registering and voting. However, it insists that the SAVE Act is not necessary. show more

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March 27, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

7 in 10 Dems ‘Fear’ Trump Return.

New data suggests Democrats are more likely to say they’re “fearful” or “angry” that former President Donald Trump might return to the White House than Republicans are at the chance Joe Biden serves four more years in office. Despite the Democrat angst regarding Trump, they’re as equally unenthused about voting for the 81-year-old Biden. The late March Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows that overall voter enthusiasm regarding November’s presidential election is low.

Seven in 10 Democrats polled said they were “angry” or “fearful” when asked about the possibility of a second Trump term in office. Meanwhile, just over half of Republican respondents described a second Biden term in the same way. Overall, about 40 percent of voters polled said “fearful” best describes their feelings about the prospects of former President Trump returning to office. Around 30 percent said the same regarding a possible second term for President Biden.

While the fear of Trump motivates a portion of Democrat voters, the poll still found Republicans maintaining the enthusiasm edge. Over half of Republicans polled said they were excited about Trump’s candidacy, while just 40 percent of Democrats said the same regarding Biden.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll also found that President Biden’s approval among voters continues to lag. Just 38 percent of respondents approved of the job the Democrat incumbent has done while in office. Biden’s approval rating has taken a hit even among Democrats, with 4 in 10 saying they now disapprove of his handling of immigration and the border crisis. Similarly, 3 in 10 Democrats said they disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy.

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New data suggests Democrats are more likely to say they’re “fearful” or “angry” that former President Donald Trump might return to the White House than Republicans are at the chance Joe Biden serves four more years in office. Despite the Democrat angst regarding Trump, they’re as equally unenthused about voting for the 81-year-old Biden. The late March Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows that overall voter enthusiasm regarding November’s presidential election is low. show more
January 3, 2024
Media
Science

Associated Press Takes Donation From Foreign Group Training Journos to be Climate Change Activists.

The Associated Press (AP) received a donation of $300,000 from the KR Foundation, a Danish nonprofit with a manifesto for rapid fossil fuels phase-out, according to the charity’s 2022 annual report. This gift was quietly added to AP’s current philanthropic supporters list in February 2023, despite the newswire’s self-proclamation of maintaining the “highest practicable degree of transparency” about its benefactors.

Part of the KR Foundation’s plan involves spurring media organizations to promote its climate change agenda significantly, seeking to transform journalists into “community activists on climate change.”. Consequently, the grant extended to the AP until December 2024 is earmarked for the Global Scholars Network, the newswire’s international platform. Despite AP’s assertion to uphold editorial autonomy from its donor community, its climate reportage often mirrors the Foundation’s principles. Examples include recent articles advocating the phasing-out of fossil fuels and questions on the brink of a climate breakdown.

Other beneficiaries of the KR Foundation include organizations engaged in coordinated efforts to expedite the stoppage of fossil fuels use. The foundation grants include financial aids to legal student groups urging law firms to retreat from fossil fuel representation, and to media training programs designed to create climate change activists. Notably, the KR Foundation donated over $488,000 to Children’s Radio Foundation in 2018 to mold radio journalists in Africa into climate change activists.

The AP, which claims readership of four billion people each day, committed to a sweeping climate journalism initiative in 2022, financially backed by organizations such as the Hewlett Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

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The Associated Press (AP) received a donation of $300,000 from the KR Foundation, a Danish nonprofit with a manifesto for rapid fossil fuels phase-out, according to the charity’s 2022 annual report. This gift was quietly added to AP's current philanthropic supporters list in February 2023, despite the newswire’s self-proclamation of maintaining the "highest practicable degree of transparency" about its benefactors. show more