The Associated Press is under fire for including this line in its write-up of the death of The Federalist’s Bre Payton, “In recent appearances on Fox News, Payton had condemned what she called ‘fake news’ media coverage of President Donald Trump”:
Why is this necessary @AP? Bre Payton died suddenly at a very young age and you’re politicizing it? pic.twitter.com/P1sn7x7FwW
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) December 29, 2018
Really? That’s what they focused on?
They knew exactly what they were doing when they reduced her body of work to that particular comment. One might even call it a dog-whistle. I feel sorry for them.
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) December 29, 2018
“Just disgusting” pretty much sums it up:
At this point I feel pretty immune to media bias rage, but this just disgusting.
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) December 29, 2018
More criticism:
Though the AP reduced @Bre_payton 's journalistic output to "condemned fake news media," she should be remembered as a prolific writer as well as a pundit; see her fantastic article on the homeless problem in DC's NoMa, where both of us lived https://t.co/SAUjZiCld5
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) December 29, 2018
By reducing @Bre_Payton’s work to nothing but this, they actually manage to live up to the monicker TBQH. https://t.co/NemKFDfZuH
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) December 29, 2018
And they mention it in the 4th paragraph before any positive quotes about her. Shameful.
— Patrick Hauf (@PatrickHauf) December 29, 2018
Unreal. I’ve also seen some vile user comments that make me rethink my presence on this platform. Bre was a lovely woman who was endlessly kind and thoughtful.
— Ellie Bufkin (@ellie_bufkin) December 29, 2018
AP just proved Bre Payton's point.
— ? Klasical Liberal? (@KlasicalLiberal) December 29, 2018
Are you surprised? Remember how @AP covered their first article on the death of Pres. Bush 41? @AP can't cover the death of a republican/conservative without it being political.
— Andrea E T. (@coollatina76) December 29, 2018
So sickening! https://t.co/JlxpijfYnJ
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) December 29, 2018
Over to you, AP:
Fix this article and apologize, @AP.https://t.co/kE00Z6VXCK
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) December 29, 2018
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Related:
DELETE your BIAS: AP's 'revision' to SHAMEFUL George H.W. Bush tweet makes it WORSE https://t.co/jMHOi1SY7D pic.twitter.com/9R9U4ouoTm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 2, 2018
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