Comments on: The AP Responds on Jamil Hussein

By: Eponius

Eponius — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:53:35 +0000

“We check our facts and check again.” But don’t assume we use them: For AP Facts are precious things And we will not abuse them. Beside the fact is where we sit When others dare to question. We guard it well, so Go To Hell, If truth you dare to mention. This is, we boast, the eAP, A service that’s essential. And when the facts get in the way, They’re gone — it’s elemental. We get the stories others don’t, Because they must research them. For us there is a better way: Imagine and report them!

By: Harold C. Hutchison

Harold C. Hutchison — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:33:11 +0000

Surprise, surprise. The AP will stonewall, and the rest of the MSM will back them up.

By: Doug Ross @ Journal

Doug Ross @ Journal — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:45:23 +0000

Scoop! Time’s 2006 Man-of-the-Year, days ahead of… It took a single, surreptitous email from my mole to preempt one of the media’s most anticipated events. Yes, Time Magazine’s Man-of-the-Year is none other than……

By: Paul Danish

Paul Danish — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:48:31 +0000

The AP needs to produce the excellent Mr. Hussein. It also needs to produce the names of those Iraqis who were allegedly burned to death. At this point nothing else will do. If it cannot do these two things, we can safely assume it is guilty of fraud as charged.

By: bhedrick

bhedrick — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:29:39 +0000

Pure stonewalling. To restate the problem: They claim Jamil Hussien is a police captain. The Iraqi MOI says that he is not. The simple answer they could give is his name isn’t Jamil hussein, it’s changed to protect him. But They don’t say this. That seems to leave us with a “he said she said” situation EXCEPT AP HAS CHANGED THE FACTS OF THE STORY! AP is simply caught either duped or lying and can’t back up.

By: Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:43:01 +0000

In my experience in the media, AP rarely if ever corrected any of their factual mistakes and they make plenty of them every day. This is an unsual case, however, so maybe they’ll come around. They certainly don’t look good as the ripples from the blogosphere’s rocks thrown into AP’s pool widen.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:59:17 +0000

We’re the AP. Our word is gospel, and to question it is sacrilgeous. But since a small handful of disbelivers have, we will stoop to answer it this one time. So listen up. We’re the AP. Our word is gospel, and to question…

By: SlimGuy

SlimGuy — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:44:17 +0000

Who were the “journalists” they sent to reinforce the story. Were any of them known AP international journalists or were the wordsmithed other stringers of some less than credible reliability. I note the indignation of the Iraq government creating an “ItJustDoesn’tFly” list. If indeed less than credible reporting is coming out of the area, would any one with a reasonable mind expect them not to strike back. The only wonder should be why did it take so long.

By: SlimGuy

SlimGuy — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:25:29 +0000

So still they are fighting back with no ammunition, this is gonna create another landslide of grief for them. The Jamil Hussein source is not their only one in question. Yet somehow they continue to quote them but can’t produce them Let’s all move to the other side of the StarGate, maybe then it will all become clear.

By: Homer Robinson

Homer Robinson — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:21:29 +0000

On behalf of AP, She refuses to answer. Most telling.