The AP Tweeted an Extremely Biased Take on Trump’s Wall Last Night

Emily Pothast
4 min readJan 9, 2019

Here’s why that should concern all of us.

Evolution of the Associated Press’s logo, via ap.org

In a media landscape plagued by infotainment masquerading as news, the Associated Press has long enjoyed an unusually prestigious reputation. Founded in 1846 as a way for news organizations to share the cost of telegraph transmissions, the AP is, according to people who quantify media bias, one of the most…

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Emily Pothast

Artist and historian. PhD student researching religion, material culture, media, and politics. emilypothast.com