‘This country blows’! AP’s deceptive headline leads to widespread liberal freakout

Posted at 4:15 pm on July 16, 2014 by Sarah D.

As Twitchy reported, this afternoon, the Associated Press crossed over into “outright deception” with this tweet:

BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 16, 2014

Informed tweeters immediately called B.S., but unfortunately, other people didn’t realize that they’d been misled:

Look at the replies #boned RT "@AP: BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law."
— LilMissMarchMadness (@LilMissRightie) July 16, 2014

They swallowed the AP’s take hook, line, and sinker:

Of course. Take note women @GOP is anti us “@AP BREAKING Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.”
— Val (@valeriesee) July 16, 2014

@AP Why would any woman EVER vote Republinut!
— Chuck Heffernan (@chuckheffernan) July 16, 2014

@AP we had free contraception be fewer republicans
— Michael Feldman (@myfeldman) July 16, 2014

Hypocritical @GOP! RT @AP: BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.
— Deanna Schindler-Ord (@TheDSO) July 16, 2014

https://twitter.com/spksingh/status/489482248799150080

https://twitter.com/EmmaSchmood/status/489478989313241088

@ButchCrassidy @AP Fuck all white old men aka the GOP.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014

@kirstynrenee Americans criticize other nations for the way they treat women and yet, men here *constantly* want to police vaginas.
— Sigmund Fraud (@ButchCrassidy) July 16, 2014

@kirstynrenee Get raped and want to take precautionary measures? Comes out of your pocket. Wanna have an erection for 4 hours? On us!
— Sigmund Fraud (@ButchCrassidy) July 16, 2014

@ButchCrassidy Hypocrisy reigns supreme here. Next up will be taking away women's right to vote.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014

@ButchCrassidy This country blows. I would move to Europe in a heartbeat.
— Kirstyn (@kirstynrenee) July 16, 2014

“@AP: BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to restore free contraception under health care law.” Fucking idiots
— Arthur W (@KingArty) July 16, 2014

@AP What a bunch of cunts.
— Julie (@JulesssDarling) July 16, 2014

It’s easy to dismiss these people as ignorant lefties, but we need to learn from this. Like it or not, a lot of people will believe whatever the media tell them:

Headline says "Republicans deny free shit."Someone tell me how you beat that?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2014

And that can spell disaster.

..Because pay for it yourself isn't an option. Not when it comes to elections. #Screwed.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2014

This lie has been told often enough that people believe it, and you can lose swing voters over it bc they are misinformed. Fix it.
— Brittany Cover (@bccover) July 16, 2014