Obama's Associated Press Does It Again

The Associated Press once again has demonstrated its bias against Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ignoring a new national poll result that shows the race between McCain and Barack Obama a dead heat and instead focusing on some poll "internals" that purport to highight McCain's weaknesses.

It's the latest in a long string of questionable national AP stories slanted to favor Obama.

The AP story accompanying the poll is titled, "Poll: Voters Souring on McCain, Obama Stays Steady." It focuses on the increase in negative views of McCain -- his favorable ratings exceed his unfavorable by just 5 points, down from 21 points last month. Obama's favorable versus unfavorable ratings have grown from a 5-point to a 15-point margin during that time.

An AP news executive, quizzed about the latest report, defended it, claiming the poll story is "not about a horse race" but focused instead on other aspects of the poll.

TMRO Publisher Mike McCarville, longtime political consultant and observer, told a national radio audience Friday night that the AP executive's remark "reminds me of what we used to scoop out of the chicken coop."

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