AP’s Shift to the Left Coincides With Support From Leftist Donors
21st May 2025
Much has been made of The Associated Press getting the boot from the White House. It’s even sparked a protracted legal battle between AP and the Trump administration.
The AP’s sudden difficulty getting access to the president has been a long time coming as the news organization has drifted strongly to the left in recent years.
What’s equally important to note is the recent shift in AP’s funding model, which increasingly relies on donations from, in many cases, far-left advocacy organizations.
Take, for instance, a recent AP story on the budget reconciliation bill making its way through Congress and the inclusion of a $5 billion school voucher program.
The story is framed with the assumption that school choice policies are harmful.
The AP reporter called the inclusion of school choice policies in the bill an “unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education” and presented a somewhat lopsided case why choice in general is bad.
One of the sources of commentary criticizing the bill in the piece is Sasha Pudelski, advocacy director for the School Superintendents Association, a government employee union, and co-chair of NoVouchers.org.