The AP’s Leftward Bias Confirmed in Post-Election Coverage

The Associated Press’ coverage of Donald Trump’s election illustrates that this once-proud and prestigious institution of the fourth estate is now just another left-wing rag refusing to hear the message that emanated from the American public in this most recent election. 

Their post-election article gave the appearance that Trump miraculously was able to win an election despite his insurmountable flaws. The article focused only on Trump‘s negatives, including statements that he had, according to the AP, engaged in racist attacks against his opponent, while demonizing immigrants. 

Here’s a tidbit:

“The victory validates his bare-knuckles approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal — often misogynistic and racist — terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The coarse rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity, resonated with angry voters — particularly men — in a polarized nation.” (“Trump Topples ‘Blue Wall,’ Reclaims Office” https://paper.newsday.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?edid=a561cb4a-f06f-4ace-92d1-b1c7172fb66b&pnum=2

Nowhere in the article was a reference made to Trump overcoming charges by Democrats that he was a Nazi. The AP belittled Trump’s criticism of Harris’ open- border policies by claiming it was Trump and his rhetoric that was the problem. 

Nothing in the article pointed to the horrific decisions made by the Biden-Harris administration that pushed so many Hispanics, young people, new voters and non-traditional Republicans to vote against the Harris-Walz ticket. 

The lesson to be learned from this most recent election is that, if either party leans too much to either extreme, the American public will self-correct. In this case, we had a Biden-Harris administration that set the world on fire with its appeasing, risk-avoidance strategy employed for tyrants around the world — from Russia’s Putin to the Iranian mullahs to Xi in China.

Extravagant spending by the Democrats pushed interest rates north of 7% and made our trip to the grocery store 20% more expensive. And they purposely let in 10 to 20 million illegal immigrants for the purpose of creating a new pool of loyal voters. 

Additionally, the general weakness of Democratic prosecutors around the nation allowing violent offenders to walk the streets solidified the perspective of the silent majority that things were getting out of control. Just like Richard Nixon’s election was a message to the 60s radicals, Trump’s election in 2024 is a counter to the woke elements in today’s culture. 

The lefties at the Associated Press just don’t get it. They think their job is to be advocates rather than just telling us the news. Media outlets around the nation should think twice about publishing their garbage without noting that they are merely opinion pieces that belong on the editorial pages.