AP Assigns 5 Whole Journalists To Report On ClimateGate Emails

The AP assigned 5 whole reporters to take a look at the ClimateGate emails...

Associated Press writers Jeff Donn in Boston, Justin Pritchard in Los Angeles contributed to this report. Troy Thibodeaux in Washington provided technical assistance. Satter reported from London, Borenstein from Washington and Ritter from New York.

That sounds like a lot of reports to do research...all the way until you know that they assigned ELEVEN to pick apart Sarah Palin's recent book.

If you wonder why American newspapering is dying, consider this sign-off:

AP writers Matt Apuzzo, Sharon Theimer, Tom Raum, Rita Beamish, Beth Fouhy, H. Josef Hebert, Justin D. Pritchard, Garance Burke, Dan Joling and Lewis Shaine contributed to this report.

Wow. That's ten "AP writers" plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That's eleven writers for a 695-word report. What on? Obamacare? The Iranian nuke program? The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?

No, the Associated Press assigned eleven writers to "fact-check" Sarah Palin's new book

Print journalists wonder why newspapers are dying off...it's this sort of overt bias that has turned off half of their target audience. I haven't purposely bought a newspaper in 5 years. Not since I left the Detroit area for Baltimore, MD. That's why newspapers are dying...