Each day, the Associated Press becomes more brazen in its concerted campaign to provide a GOP-friendly frame in its "news" stories.
The AP's revised "style manual" appears to be a GOP-framed lead paragraph, a second paragraph emphasizing those facts friendly to the GOP, more paragraphs quoting Republicans spinning the story, then the Democratic response bringing up the rear.
We're "bottoms" to their legion of Jeff Gannons.
Today, the AP took the story of proof AbuGonzo lied and was intimately involved in firing the eight US Attorneys to a level not even FoxNews would script.
Please understand this is not a sidebar story- this is the AP's lead story on the memos.
I'm claiming "Fair Use" here- there is a point at-hand requiring an extended clip of the story be related, so one can count paragraphs. Every paragraph is faithfully noted below until a Democrat appears...
... in the 20th paragraph!
Shit you can't make up.
Bush reaffirms support for Gonzales
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President Bush is standing firmly behind his embattled attorney general....
Gonzales said last week ....
(That e-mail ....)
Dan Bartlett, counselor to the president, said Saturday ....
Bartlett also said ....
At the Nov. 27 meeting, .... Gonzales' aides said late Friday.
(At that session, ....)
A Justice aide closely involved in the dismissals, White House liaison Monica Goodling ....
(The plan approved by Gonzales ....)
(Six of the eight prosecutors ....)
The department .... spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos said.
Scolinos said ....
Gonzales told reporters on March 13 that .....
"I knew my chief of staff ..." Gonzales said. .....
Later, he Gonzales added: ....
(The documents' release ....)
Asked to explain the difference between Gonzales' comments and his schedule, Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said ....
"The attorney general has made clear .... Roehrkasse said. ..."
Gonzales has directed ....
Democrats pounced ...