We talk about the Associated Press's hackery on occasion here at Twitchy, and when it comes to pushing the Left's agenda, that hackery is most apparent in the form of the AP's climate change fear-mongering (though the bias is shameless in almost every other category as well).
Here are just a few recent examples:
The rising temperatures of the oceans could have a big impact on some of the most important ocean predators — and some of the most commercially important seafood species, scientists say. https://t.co/4iNLhNAPRL
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2023
New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding — a move supporters argue is necessary as climate change lead to more flooding in the state. https://t.co/QFB9Mcc2tE
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2023
A U.N. report on progress — and lack of it — in the fight against climate change shows the world is way off track.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 8, 2023
It also details the fast, big transformations needed to return to a safer path. https://t.co/UjR9mbClEF
Then there's the ridiculous attempt to politicize summer, and naturally the AP's happy to help make July and August heat the result of not letting Democrats spend the country further into debt to enrich their cronies:
As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., nearly 30 million Americans are grappling with enduring perilous heat. To keep their air conditioning on, many cull their grocery lists or skip medical care. https://t.co/wYo93RrTdi
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2023
The AP' was also happy to blame the catastrophe on Maui on -- you guessed it -- climate change:
A dangerous mix of high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation appear to be driving Maui’s devastating fires, and climate change is fueling those conditions. https://t.co/ITtvzacbpe
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 10, 2023
Actually, AP, those disasters are made worse by progressive public officials' policies and responses, or lack thereof, ostensibly in the name of "solving" climate change. Ironic indeed.
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It's important to remember that those aren't really news stories, but rather essentially paid propaganda. The Associated Press is among media outlets that get grants from organizations, and that money isn't to be objective but to push narratives.
Just last year the AP had a report about how reporting, including their own, is now more "philanthropy-funded," meaning it's not really news.
The Associated Press said Tuesday that it is assigning more than two dozen journalists across the world to cover climate issues, in the news organization’s largest single expansion paid for through philanthropic grants.
The announcement illustrates how philanthropy has swiftly become an important new funding source for journalism — at the AP and elsewhere — at a time when the industry’s financial outlook has been otherwise bleak.
The AP’s new team, with journalists based in Africa, Brazil, India and the United States, will focus on climate change’s impact on agriculture, migration, urban planning, the economy, culture and other areas. Data, text and visual journalists are included, along with the capacity to collaborate with other newsrooms, said Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor.
Basically they're getting paid to push an agenda, and the AP is running with it. Even the photo accompanying the above AP story will make their progressive benefactors happy:
In unrelated news, @AP Press got an $8 million grant for 20 climate journalists over three years...https://t.co/Cma3B3wAYF
— Giuseppe Iannucci (@peppexv) March 22, 2023
If that funding starts to dry up, the AP will blame climate change and hope another "philanthropist" steps up.
Formerly a news wire organization, the @AP is now paid millions of dollars by left-wing foundations to propagandize on climate. @asnowreports failed to make this disclosure in her article. https://t.co/p68FIfhdPJ 5/ pic.twitter.com/9V5c5nTG0q
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 30, 2023
The AP should make those disclosures in all their related articles, but instead they just call it "reporting."
It isn't.
