06 Sep 2004 AP Accuracy: Piling On

Powerline is suggesting that readers send polite letters to the Associated Press, asking how the AP made its now blogfamous error reporting that a GOP crowd booed President Bush’s well wishes for former President Clinton.

Powerline also provides another example of dubious AP reporting.

At the risk of piling on, here’s my contribution to the AP reporting debate. A little dated now — I wrote this five months ago — but it reviews an AP story published in many newspapers worldwide that the AP managed to screw up royally.