There's Facts and then there's AP "Facts"

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"I think this is the best presentation of how things really went so far."--Bill Costlow, Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (CPATT) in Baghdad, Iraq responding  the following line in "Hurriyah: Where We Go From Here" on Confederate Yankee Blog:

"...But what is strongly suggested by Jamilgate is that the media in general, and the Associated Press in this instance, are simply unable to account for how sectarian, tribal and political biases may shape the information passed from source to reporter, from reporter to editor, and editor to publication.

It seems at readily apparent that due to the dangers of reporting in a warzone, and the language barriers that are in place, that it is very difficult for the Associated Press and other news organizations to verify the facts of stories before they are published using their current fact-checking methodologies..."

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There's Facts and then there's AP "Facts"

"I think this is the best presentation of how things really went so far."--Bill Costlow, Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (CPATT) in Baghdad, Iraq responding  the following line in "Hurriyah: Where We Go From Here" on Confederate Yankee Blog:

"...But what is strongly suggested by Jamilgate is that the media in general, and the Associated Press in this instance, are simply unable to account for how sectarian, tribal and political biases may shape the information passed from source to reporter, from reporter to editor, and editor to publication.

It seems at readily apparent that due to the dangers of reporting in a warzone, and the language barriers that are in place, that it is very difficult for the Associated Press and other news organizations to verify the facts of stories before they are published using their current fact-checking methodologies..."

Check out the whole post at Confederate Yankee.

More from Michelle Malkin.

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