Chaos, Order And Everything In Between

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Obvious Example of Media Slanting

Why did AP have the below pic as the first pic/video in an article about Obama dissing the AZ anti illegal alien law? The video is about a drug bust. But see how at first glance it would be easy to link the pic with the article's title?

Obama ramps up criticism of Ariz. immigration law

Mexico firm on drug crackdown Play Video Reuters – Mexico firm on drug crackdown

Barack Obama, Felipe Calderon AP – President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a joint news conference in the Rose …

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama stepped up his criticism of Arizona's controversial immigration law Wednesday, calling it "misdirected" and warning that it has the potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion.

For the rest of the slanted article, see: Obama Ramps

2 comments:

John said...

I just saw an editorial from AP on Yahoo! that read" President Obama Hasn'r Read the Az Law"...

I thought "REALY?!?!?!"

GhostWheel said...

He hasn't read the passed health care bill either so I am not surprised.