[johnfrink]

Steps to writing for the AP:

1. Make a conjecture that has an anti-Bush premise;
2. Find at least 2 Iraqis who agree with that premise;
3. Quote them at length;
4. Offer no counterbalancing claims;
5. Submit article.

It's quite telling that they offer no contrary evidence. What--they couldn't find two Iraqis on the street to say something positive? If this had been an article talking about how Iraqis like Allawi, they would have felt the need to "balance" that with some negative comments.

Typical biased b.s.

[untenured]

2. Find at least 2 Iraqis who agree with that premise;

2a. Make sure one of them is a taxi driver, the other an activist cleric. Make no effort to go out and systematically interview a variety of Iraqis.

[SquirrelKing]

1. Make a conjecture that has an anti-Bush premise;

1a. If news is very good, make conjecture that is equally bad.

i.e.: Early handover of power = More Americans killed/Iraqis STILL miserable (include pic of woman crying)/New govt is reactionary puppet govt. with no legitimacy.

[HenryLeeII]

It's quite telling that they offer no contrary evidence. What--they couldn't find two Iraqis on the street to say something positive? If this had been an article talking about how Iraqis like Allawi, they would have felt the need to "balance" that with some negative comments.

Well, according to the latest AP/CBS/New York Times/CNN/ABC/NBC/MSNBC/Newsweek/NPR poll, 93% of all Iraqis harken back to the days of rape rooms, mass graves, disappearing relatives fed into shredders, and living in poverty while France, Russia, Germany, and the U.N. soaked up their oil-for-terror-and-WMD blood money...the other 7% are seen as CIA-backed outsiders.