Following the Money, the Associated Press Moves Left
From the Right
AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
At the end of a recently published Associated Press investigation into American tech companies “that have supported Israel’s wars” came a disclosure: “The Associated Press receives financial assistance from the Omidyar Network.”
The language indicates a shift at the media outlet, whose special White House access President Trump recently withdrew. The news-gathering cooperative was once funded largely by dues from member newspapers. Now it increasingly relies on handouts from left-leaning charities. Yet it insists its journalism is “independent” and “nonpartisan.”
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