Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool The Associated Press is at it again. Last month I wrote a critique of an AP fact-checker who clearly didn’t check her facts . There were multiple factual errors in the article, including the central predicate fact that still remains uncorrected. Who checks AP fact-checkers? Who knows. Today’s edition of AP word manipulation can be found here .
The lede is as follows: Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial may have lost their best chance at convicting the Illinois man of something when the judge threw out a charge that Rittenhouse was a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. Judge Schroeder didn’t “throw out” the charge. He dismissed it because the statute did not fit the charge. The defense made a motion to dismiss because the statute states that a gun barrel has to be shorter than 16 inches for it to […]
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