Use of the word “temporarily” feels like an interesting choice by the Associated Press here, especially since it’s not backed up by anything in the article
The Associated Press is one of the most garbage news organizations I’ve ever fucking heard of and for some reason they’re treated as being the most neutral of all neutrality. They constantly use terrible wording, downplay issues, and repeat insane claims from the most Hitlery people imaginable with no questioning. Half the time they don’t even bother to put a journalist’s name on the fucking article (this one does, but they often don’t). And then other “reputable news outlets” repost their stories word for word with no further investigation.
That’s kind of what the AP is for. Similar to Reuters. And there’s another big one that I can’t remember. They’re only supposed to provide the core facts. Journalists are supposed to follow things up. But over time, journalists have started using these services as the whole story. This is how you get roughly the exact same headlines and stories in every paper.
Journalists are given less and less time, too. And investigative journalists’ funding or whole department is cut. Half the shit that ends up on AP are government announcements, treated as neutral lol and journalists run with it as if someone at the AP has discovered something rather than being handed a press release.
It’s a shit show but journalists know how the bills get paid.
The Associated Press is one of the most garbage news organizations I’ve ever fucking heard of and for some reason they’re treated as being the most neutral of all neutrality. They constantly use terrible wording, downplay issues, and repeat insane claims from the most Hitlery people imaginable with no questioning. Half the time they don’t even bother to put a journalist’s name on the fucking article (this one does, but they often don’t). And then other “reputable news outlets” repost their stories word for word with no further investigation.
That’s kind of what the AP is for. Similar to Reuters. And there’s another big one that I can’t remember. They’re only supposed to provide the core facts. Journalists are supposed to follow things up. But over time, journalists have started using these services as the whole story. This is how you get roughly the exact same headlines and stories in every paper.
Journalists are given less and less time, too. And investigative journalists’ funding or whole department is cut. Half the shit that ends up on AP are government announcements, treated as neutral lol and journalists run with it as if someone at the AP has discovered something rather than being handed a press release.
It’s a shit show but journalists know how the bills get paid.