โThe story, which did not go out on the wire to our customers, didnโt go through our standard editing process. We are looking into how that happened,โ AP spokesperson Nicole Meir told The Verge in an email.
News reports (and fact-checks specifically) are often worded in a way that carefully threads a needle โ thereโs a difference between saying something definitively didnโt happen versus saying thereโs no evidence of it. My guess is that the AP headline was the problem here because it claims to debunk something that is unknowable.
Given the questionable state of the media in the US, I kind of wish theyโd go all out and just start using Trumpisms.
- โWe have been unable to prove that Trump isnโt a pedophileโ
- โWeโre not saying Vance stole money from orphansโ homes, but some people areโ
You know, that sort of stuff. It couldnโt be worse than 2 weeks talking about Bidenโs age while ignoring that Trump is only 3 years younger; or jumping on every Biden brain-fart while ignoring Trumpโs constant stream of incomprehensible mouth diarrhea.
Edit forgot a โtโ
Some people say heโs a pedophile. Good people, the best people. Trust me, believe me.
They tell me, with tears in their eyes, โSir,โ they tell me, โThat Vance guyโs a pedophile. Heโs no good.โ Lots of people are saying it.
