Category: Associated Press

When Tom Barrett's campaign website didn't seem up to snuff to an Associated Press reporter in January, the AP carried almost 700 words about it, trashing Barrett's website in a story carried in many media outlets.

The AP put a lot of effort into the non-story, even finding an expert from Fordham University to comment.

So ... when will we be reading the AP story about Barrett's impressive new website?

With global warming, the chances of Hell freezing over seem dimmer every day. So don't get your hopes up.

Rep. Marlin Schneider got called out by the Associated Press for a claim he made on the number of constituents who contacted him about his laughably-unconstitutional bill limiting the public’s right to the online Circuit Court Access Program. It reminded us of a similar constituent claim made by right-wing seat-filler Sen. Mary Lazich. Back in 2009, in the midst of the debate on the state’s biennial budget, Lazich offered from the floor of the senate on June 17, “ ...I'm getting a few hundred communications a day on this budget, and they are not positive. They are negative... ” (Go to 1:11:40)