[laplata]

That is awesome. Where did you get that or is it yours?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

That is awesome. Where did you get that or is it yours?

The idea that

The propaganda power of the AP raised alarms early in its existence, and the AP used the fact that its members were then notorious for not agreeing about much of anything as a facade of impartiality

is to be found in

News Over the Wires:

The Telegraph and the Flow of Public Information in America, 1844-1897
by Menahem Blondheim

I recommend the book highly, for a critical look at the AP. But I claim authorship of everything I said to you other than the self-quote above.

If you are interested in the development of my theory of the history of journalism, the late replies of my vanity

Journalism and Objectivity

would be where to look.

The Right to Know,
Why Broadcast Journalism is Unnecessary and Illegitimate, and
The Market for Conservative-Based News

will give you some idea of how long some of this has been gestating. By now you’re probably sorry you asked!