Fake News on Guns Spewing from Legacy Media Turned Propaganda Machine - #2A
Associated Press caught producing anti-gun advocacy
Associated Press caught producing anti-gun advocacy
(Comment - DD)
(Lee Williams, The Gun Writer) - Traditional journalism is pretty simple, really. If you’re writing about a complex issue, make sure to include all of the sides.
For example, most political stories usually involve two sides. A good reporter will include both sides in their fair and balanced story and then let the readers decide whom to believe. If the journalist only includes one side in their story, it becomes advocacy instead of journalism, which should be avoided.
No one should know this better than the Associated Press, which was founded in 1846—15 years before the start of the Civil War. During the AP’s vast 180-year history, they’ve had a bit of experience producing good journalism, at least until now it appears.
AP reporters Josh Funk and Claudia Lauer published a story Thursday titled: “Amtrak may make it easier to bring guns on its trains despite the alleged attempt on Trump’s life.”
Quite frankly, it needed a bit of work.
Their story only includes comments from one side, John Feinblatt, whom the reporters only identified as the “president of the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.”
The AP reporters never mentioned that Feinblatt is also…