'Despicable': AP report about campus protest of Charles Murray makes bias detectors overheat

As we reported yesterday, a protest of author Charles Murray at Middlebury College got violent. The first paragraph of an Associated Press story about Murray caught the eye of Britt Hume:

No way a claim by the leftist Southern Poverty Law center belongs in the lead of this story. Bias, pure & simple–> https://t.co/ilKrvyz2V2

— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 4, 2017

Bias? Just a little:

"Who has been called"? This is despicable, @AP. https://t.co/U8UA6VC7JJ pic.twitter.com/Xor3IfprXj

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) March 4, 2017

Two can play that:

let's play this game.

The @AP is fake news.

"The @AP, which has been called fake news, suggested Charles Murray is a white nationalist." https://t.co/jyLhfQPtAH

— Justin Mallone (@j_mallone) March 4, 2017

How does the AP like it?

They beat up a woman & professor at their own school. They have lost any claim to moral high ground. Stop even trying. https://t.co/fkOdfR3wsv

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 4, 2017

It's sad when they have to frame the news in order to protect their liberal agenda. How much lower can MSM go?

— Charlton (@charlton_ar) March 4, 2017

.@brithume AP reporter seems to be @LisaRathke. Citing Southern Povty Law Ctr as neutral source should be firing offense, like faking quotes

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) March 4, 2017

.@MarkSKrikorian @brithume @LisaRathke pic.twitter.com/6a4BqTr9xt

— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 4, 2017