Associated Press Hires Lefty Activist Chris Tomlinson, Gets Its Money’s Worth

PJ Media ^ | 9/23/13 | Bryan Preston

[Nachum]

In July 2011, the Associated Press hired Chris Tomlinson to be its Supervisory Correspondent in its Austin, TX bureau. The AP’s news reporting is supposed to be neutral and non-partisan, but Tomlinson is not. He came to the AP from a gig at the Texas Observer, which is the same lefty publication that was once the home of Molly Ivins. The Observer by its own admission promotes “progressive change for Texas.” Well, the Observer used to describe itself that way. Now that page pulls up a 404 error — it has been deep-sixed. But blogger Bradley J. Fikes was alert

[La Lydia]

A couple of observations: this is AP gearing up for election year. The vast majority of people have no idea that AP has been taken over lock, stock and barrel by Left-wing nut jobs, and just assume that AP's reporting is even-handed and straight down the middle. It is not. Because it has no competition, AP has a monopoly on coverage that goes to every paper, radio station and TV station in the country, and uses that platform to further its "progressive" agenda. The sole purpose for this assignment is to get Wendy elected governor.

I bet this has the AP rank-and-file, bread and butter reporters gnawing on the furniture. I am talking about long-time hard-working employees who otherwise might have expected to be considered for promotion to this plum assignment in Austin, but who were overlooked so the AP powers that be could plant this ringer at 1005 Congress Avenue. Chris Tomlinson parachutes in over their heads as a political operative pure and simple. They be screwed. That has to smart.