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Romney, Reporter Spar in a Staples Store

Jan 18, 2008
Following presidential candidates from state to state as they shake hands, kiss babies (and backsides, some might say, in the figurative sense) and promise to be the Best Prez Ever! must get tiresome for reporters on the campaign trail. In this clip, it's hard to say if the grind got to AP scribe Glen Johnson or whether Mitt Romney's claims about eschewing lobbyists made him snap.

AP Backs Photographer Held in Insurgency Case

Nov 22, 2007
Bilal Hussein, an AP photographer whom the U.S. military has accused of collaborating with insurgents, has been detained in Iraq for 19 months and may soon be tried by an Iraqi court. The Associated Press, apparently fed up with trying to reason with the military, has released the results of its own exhaustive investigation, which found the charges against Hussein to be "false" and "meaningless."

AP Keeps Bush in (Fact) Check

Sep 16, 2007
File this one under "Good Uses of Journalistic Resources": The Associated Press marshaled its fact-checking talents and expertise to dissect President Bush's speech on Thursday, issuing corrections to some of Bush's claims in this handy point-by-point analysis.
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Guantanamo: Still Abusing After All These Years

Sep 12, 2007
Despite fleeting promises by the administration to shut the place down, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba is still up and running, complete with many of the terrible conditions we've all come to know and be ashamed of, according to transcripts recently obtained by the Associated Press.

A Shining Light Goes Out in Africa

May 9, 2007
All 114 on board were killed in the crash of Kenyan Airlines Flight 507, including Anthony Mitchell, a brave journalist who risked his life to shine a light on often ignored Africa. Shortly before his death, Mitchell had revealed America's use of secret Ethiopian prisons.

His Iconic Image Lives On

Aug 22, 2006
Now that the Iraq war has lasted longer than the U.S. role in World War II, it seems an appropriate time to pause and reflect on the death of a man who provided one of the great icons of that earlier conflict.

Book: Sept. 11 Panel Doubted Officials

Aug 6, 2006
Long suspected and ultimately confirmed news from the AP: "The Sept. 11 commission was so frustrated with repeated misstatements by the Pentagon and FAA about their response to the 2001 terror attacks that it considered an investigation into possible deception, the panel's chairmen say in a new book."