Powerline has two posts (so far) on Associated Press writer Jennifer Lovens Kerry campaign press release written as an AP news story. I set out to explore the dark places of the internet looking for entertainment and there I found a much much different take on the story. Here's just a sampling.

BullGooseLoony  (1000+ posts)
Sat Sep-25-04 06:06 AM
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4. It's on the front page, too!

I'm hoping this has to do with that Peter Jennings clip I sent out to about three hundred media people.

BullGooseLoony  (1000+ posts)
Sat Sep-25-04 06:22 AM
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8. LOL I just checked, and I DID send it to Jennifer Loven- it's on my send list. jloven@ap.org

Write her a thank you, if you like!

10. I sent her an enthusastic Thank You!

And thank you again BGL!

31.  DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT!!! n/t

34. WTF is up with this??

I can't believe it! No doubt they came under right-wing pressure.

35. The Associated Press responds to White House pressure again

This is a pattern from the AP - they run constant stories bashing Kerry, but when they run one story critical of Bush, they change it after publication to spin for Bush.

Someone in the White House must be putting pressure on them.

29. Bad wording

Bush took advantage of Kerry's amphiboly, Kerry needs to be more careful with his wording. It'll get ugly in the debate if he opens up these loopholes like this again. We all know he meant that we have made Iraq worse than the dicatatorship we removed, but by saying "traded" he implied an either/or choice, and put himself in the position of "choosing" the dictatorship. Semantically, Bush's interpretation was right.

Until recently this campaign has been frought with these ambiguous statements. I don't know who's been writing this stuff, but it's good that the Clinton team came on board. We can only hope it's not too late.

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