Just this morning I wrote about an article disseminated by the AP in which someone named Ryan Foley gave out highly biased information about the events in Wisconsin. Apparently, this morning's efforts were not enough for Foley and the AP; they are back with more nonsense passed of as "reporting" this afternoon. Foley's new slant on the news is that the activity of the governor and the Republican majority in the state legislature is actually an effort to get rid of public employee unions in order to hurt the future chances of the Democrats. In other words, the dispute has nothing to do with the $3.2 billion budget deficit that Wisconsin is facing and everything to do with a sneaky political trick. After explaining how truly dastardly these actions are, Foley does have one line in which he says that the governor denies any political motivation for his plans, but Foley makes clear that no one should believe this.
It is sad to think that an idiot (and a biased idiot at that) like Foley is getting his stories sent around the world by the AP as if they were something close to reality. Maybe AP should change its name to FP for Fantasy Press and things would be a bit closer to the truth.
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