Associated Press Narratives"R"us

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‍he Associated Press claims it is: independent, factual, most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news, the essential provider to the news business.

‍The headline from a March 21, 2025 article by Rob Gillies in the Associated Press reads “Canada’s new prime minister is triggering an election campaign this weekend. Here’s what to know.”

‍Apparently AP is not aware that Justin Trudeau prorogued Canada’s government after his Liberal Party seemed doomed. Polls were showing that the LPC had fallen to the lowest ever in history of the party. All on Justin Trudeau’s watch. He survived as PM only because the NDP blackmailed him by demanding social programs.

‍The Conservative Party of Canada initiated its first no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government on September 24, 2024.

‍Yet here we have the AP telling readers that the newly selected head of the party, automatically the Prime Minister, is apparently the one to “trigger the process for an early parliamentary election” because…Trump. Trump. Trump.

‍Wonderful reporting. The last 15 years of Trudeau’s antics, failures and criminality are gone…POOF!

‍It is obvious that the article is a biased piece to support Carney and  to  disrespect Pierre Poilievre. 

‍Mark Carney’s CV as stated by AP

• Has navigated crises
• First non-citizen to run the Bank of England
• Was instrumental in Canada’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis
• A highly educated economist
• Wall Street experience
• 13 years for Goldman Sachs in London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto
• appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003
• both financial industry and public service credentials.

‍Pierre Poilievre’s CV according to AP

• Leader of the Conservatives
• Derailed from huge victory by Trump
• For years the party’s go-to attack dog
• Career politician
• Firebrand populist
• Says he will put “Canada first.”
• Attacks mainstream media 
• Vows to defund CBC
• His party won’t allow media onboard campaign buses and planes.

‍There’s more unbiased content thank’s to an article by alleged political expert Professor Daniel Béland.

President Trump’s tariffs and his rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st state have clearly helped the Liberals in the polls while putting the Conservatives in an odd position, as their rhetoric exhibits some similarities with Trump’s and a significant minority of their supporters like the President’s populist style and ideas,” said Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal.

‍AP describes itself as a non-profit news agency. It operates by charging “subscribers” a fee. These are newspapers and other media companies who pay for the AP service. They purchase AP’s products (stories) for their own commercial use. Hundreds of newspapers and magazines around the world, run these stories and spread the identical narrative. AP shouts into the void and its voice echos over and over again into the heads of naive readers and viewers who come to the reasonable conclusion that the echo is an objective, factual report of an actual event. If AP’s claim is accurate, that’s about four Billion people!

‍Its “independent” narrative generation function is working.

‍Try a web search for “Carney Triggers Election.” You will find results that are at best similar and at worst identical.

‍One AP article is potentially viewed by four billion people in one day.

‍That’s a very efficient machine to push out a narrative.

‍AP should change its motto.

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