Oh, they’re calling it “contextualization,” but, you wait, it will take the incorrectly named “news analysis” to a new level of bias:
With the appointment of a new editor who will coordinate coverage between Washington and bureaus around the country, the Associated Press is embarking on a plan to report on the federal government and national issues in a more complete, contextualized way, rather than relying on the view from Washington.
AP uses nonsensical journo-blather such as “larger, smarter” and “more robust news” to describe the new approach. This is the same kind of junk I heard in newspaper seminars for years when I was an editor at a daily. It sounded good on paper, made all the publishers feel good, but it came to naught when it was put into practice.
AP is concerned that it is losing the allegiance of the newspapers it so greatly overcharges for its biased services. This is just another rearranging of the deck chairs on the U.S.S. MSM.
