Posted on May 30, 2024
Behind AP's 'Nonpartisan' Initiative To 'Reach New Audiences in an Election Year': Democratic...
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The Associated Press will partner with five nonprofit news organizations to beef up "nonpartisan" local news coverage in advance of the November election. Liberal advocacy groups and Democratic megadonors fund all of the AP's new partners, raising questions about the wire service's promise to provide "unbiased" news. One of the AP's partners in the newly launched content-sharing agreement, California-based nonprofit CalMatters, was cofounded by Simone Otus Coxe, a public relations guru who contributed $100,000 to a pro-Joe Biden super PAC in 2020. Billionaire investor Laurene Powell Jobs's company, Emerson Collective, has contributed more than $1 million to CalMatters, as have Google cofounder Eric Schmidt's foundation and venture capitalist John Doerr. The trio have donated north of $5 million to President Biden's various political committees, according to campaign records.
Behind AP's 'Nonpartisan' Initiative To 'Reach New Audiences in an Election Year': Democratic...
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I love the term non-partisan. Because everyone thinks it means non-biased.
It does not.
I am an independent voter. I am registered independent. I am non-partisan. I am neither pro-Democrat not anti-Democrat. But I am strongly anti-Biden. I am neither pro-Republican nor anti-Republican. But I am strongly anti-Trump.
However, I am also strongly conservative. I am NOT non-biased. I am not anti-Democrat, but I do oppose a large portion of the Democrat platform. I am not pro-Republican, but I do support a large portion of the Republican platform.
Non-partisan. But hella biased. Welcome to the AP.
It does not.
I am an independent voter. I am registered independent. I am non-partisan. I am neither pro-Democrat not anti-Democrat. But I am strongly anti-Biden. I am neither pro-Republican nor anti-Republican. But I am strongly anti-Trump.
However, I am also strongly conservative. I am NOT non-biased. I am not anti-Democrat, but I do oppose a large portion of the Democrat platform. I am not pro-Republican, but I do support a large portion of the Republican platform.
Non-partisan. But hella biased. Welcome to the AP.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
From the On-line dictionary...
"not biased or partisan, especially towards any particular political group:
"senior civil servants are non-partisan and serve ministers loyally irrespective of politics"
"not biased or partisan, especially towards any particular political group:
"senior civil servants are non-partisan and serve ministers loyally irrespective of politics"
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CW3 Michael Bodnar
I think there is a large group of Americans that support your views on politics but are too afraid to say it over fears of being shamed for their views.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
MSgt Dale Johnson
Right. I am not anti-Democrat. I have and will vote for Democrats. But I am against open borders (or "secure" borders that aren't secured), student debt relief, Medicare for all, etc.
I am not pro-Republican. I have and will choose to NOT vote for Republicans. But I do support freedom of speech, gun rights, securing the vote, etc.
People like to throw out non-partisan as a dodge. Half them time it is semantics. A quarter of the time it is an outright lie. And a quarter of the time it is true.
Except in technical discussions, like this, I do not claim to be non-partisan. I *do* frequently and loudly state that I am an independent voter. But I also almost always follow that up with the caveat that I am strongly conservative. Because I try to be honest.
I do not think the AP is being honest, here. I think they are hiding behind semantics.
Right. I am not anti-Democrat. I have and will vote for Democrats. But I am against open borders (or "secure" borders that aren't secured), student debt relief, Medicare for all, etc.
I am not pro-Republican. I have and will choose to NOT vote for Republicans. But I do support freedom of speech, gun rights, securing the vote, etc.
People like to throw out non-partisan as a dodge. Half them time it is semantics. A quarter of the time it is an outright lie. And a quarter of the time it is true.
Except in technical discussions, like this, I do not claim to be non-partisan. I *do* frequently and loudly state that I am an independent voter. But I also almost always follow that up with the caveat that I am strongly conservative. Because I try to be honest.
I do not think the AP is being honest, here. I think they are hiding behind semantics.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
You're exactly right, they are hiding behind anything they think will make them and their opinion more relevant. I too vote Independent, and define that as voting with Common Sense, which the extremes on either side have none of.
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