Y' Call That News?

Yahoo carries an AFP wire-service story today, Yahoo! News - Colorado economy points some Republicans toward Kerry

Colorado has gone to the Republican Party in five out of the last six presidential elections and nine out of the last 11, but unemployment, which has risen to 5.1 percent, has prompted some Republican voters to think about crossing party lines this time.

Wow! 5.1% unemployment. In my circles, that is considered pretty much full employment. One in twenty will certainly be unemployable, enjoying benefits while he looks for something else, or just enjoying benefits.

The article then interviews two Colorado Republicans who have always voted Republican (don't they always?) who, this year, are forced to vote for Senator Kerry.

Okay, so a hit piece has masqueraded as a wire story --that's unfortunately common these days. But who is the AFP? I went to its website and saw stories on Europe and metric football, but I could not even find what AFP stood for.

People who still doubt the existence of media bias might want to read this story -- or just read the filename: "us_vote_economy_kerry" Kinda says it all...

Posted by jk at November 1, 2004 08:45 AM