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AP Deletes ‘Offensive’ Tweet to Please Leftists, Gets Bashed By Leftists Anyway

The Associated Press learned the hard way Monday that it is impossible to please the angry grievance-mongers on the political left.

“We’ve removed an tweet from Oct. 21 that said a migrant caravan in Mexico was ‘like a ragtag army of the poor.’ That wording was poorly chosen and has been removed from our coverage of the caravan,” the news organization said.

In short, AP was shamed by the political left into deleting its prior coverage because the leftists found the words “offensive.” But the retraction did not deter the leftists, who will always find something to be outraged about.

“And then repeated [the wording] in our retraction. Just in case you missed it the first time,” said Twitter user Janet Johnson in response.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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