Simple Solution
Confederate Yankee points out the most obvious way in the world that the Associated Press could improve their credibility. In the wake of the imaginary police captain incident, the AP's response has been to circle the wagons and denigrate anyone who dares to question them. They have also promoted some of the personnel involved in the promotion of stories that quote the fictional captain. But they could avoid future problems:
I'd like to introduce both a marvelous bit of technology to Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, AP international editor John Daniszewski, and the newly, and curiously promoted, AP Baghdad News Editor, Kim Gamel…..
….All that carnage, and your stringers without a Fun Saver.
Just think… how much credibility could have been saved if the Associated Press stringers had access to such technology on any its first three trips into the neighborhood to cover this story?
Instead, we have a "he said, she said," stalemate where the AP claims these four mosques were rocketed, machine gunned, burned, and blown up, and coalition forces instead insist that only one mosque suffered though any attack at all, and that was a minor fire put out by the local fire department.
For a mere $3.75 they could equip a stringer with one of these marvelous inventions. But we all know they won't. But, as Bob points out, the first person to produce pictures showing that the four mosques are, indeed, intact will have destroyed the AP's credibility.
Blogosphere, Media | Gaius Thursday, 14 December , 2006
