HA HA HA: AP Reporter Boasts They Offer ‘Accurate, Independent, Nonpartisan’ News
29th April 2025
They claim to celebrate the First Amendment when they’re boasting about themselves. When AP White House reporters Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller won an award at the dinner, Miller’s speech sounded like a commercial for AP.
“At the AP’s core is a commitment to accurate, independent, nonpartisan journalism that unflinchingly holds power to account no matter which political party is in office,” Miller claimed. “It safeguards the facts that keep the citizenry well-informed.”
Then it got really syrupy: “Mark Twain said it: ‘There are only two forces that carry light to all corners of the globe. The sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.’ From the White House to the town of Whitehouse, Texas — it’s a real place — Peoria to the Persian Gulf, we at AP remain committed as ever to accurate, independent, nonpartisan journalism, to carrying light the world over.”
And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.