Was the Associated Press wrong in their reporting of the President's speech to the CBC?

True, sistagirl. Many people are just too lazy to actually do their own leg work, as it can take a good while to make a good report that will grab the publics eye, so they kind of use a 'theory' of what might, could, would or should of happened, without really knowing for sure of the real facts. In most all areas of the media, the one who gets the most ratings gets the most notoriety, the most advertisers, and thus the most money. So some may even encourage their Journalists to exaggerate, maybe stretch the facts just a tidge, and be bombastic about the way the write or report the news in order to stand out among the many others.

While I personally might not mind too much if the facts are embellished a bit for flair, a flat out lie is totally unacceptable.

A lot of people rely a great deal on the media they think gives them the truth and facts about what is happening in our country and the world, and a good number of them are being used and lied to by their chosen media. And unfortunately, there seem to be a lot more out there like that then there are those who are still dedicated to the real profession of Journalism. Like most everything else today, it's all about the money.

Yup....it just never stops because there is nothing on the GOPTeaBag side that is interesting enough to really talk about, and they are all so lame, radical and untrustworthy that the media tries to drum up stuff to fill in the pages that might draw people's attention away from the fact that they are failing across the country with all but their radical base. Just another of the rights media creating a diversionary attack about nothing.

I agree, Fed up. But, the GOPTeaBags and their supporters have to find something to complain about, so they are using this speech to make their typical ugly and biased noise.

I am keeping many of President Obama's speeches for my grandkids, to show that the first African-American President of the United States of America was a President for all Americans, not just some based on skin color.

Unfortunately, the colorphobes just can't handle it. But, fortunately, they are not the majority, as not all Americans still live in the dark ages of American history.

Stacey-609939 - ".....and pandered to."

Like...eh...no other politican ever panders in any way to any group of people.? What is your point?

Thank you james, for you kind words about the article. I think some people just have to find fault with Obama no matter how meritless or inane it is. Others it seems are just the kind of people who have to have something to pitch a fit about, no matter how trivial, or unfair, with no real interest in their target.

IMHO, the whole thing was deliberately blown totally out of proportion and trying to find fault and/or insult where none existed or was intended. If the President came into an open room full of people and said nothing nore than "Good Morning," there would be a few people in that room that would try to find something to complain about those two short words;

a) his voice level was too high/low

b) his tone,

c) his pronunciation,

d) whether or not he left the g off of Good or morning,

e) did he look at everyone in the room or just some of them,

f) he spoke too slow or too fast

f) his tie was it off center by a hair

g) he walked in the room too slow or too fast

h) he read from a teleprompter

i) he didn't read from a teleprompter

The gross level of stupidity of the GOPTeaBags and their list of candidates has infected the entire media it seems, as the outright ridiculousness of the complaining just goes on and on and gets ever more delusional and ridiculous with each new candidate that joins the list. And even those who aren't on the list but wish there were, or think they may be. Or if they should pass Go and collect the million dollars the Koch Brothers and their Wall Street gang of thieves are willing to shove in their pockets to try and make some kind of sense of the GOPTeabag side of the road, only to find even more pot holes, roadblocks and roads to nowhere.

The complaints, like this one, are so far off the wall that both those who complain and those who publish it are totally pathetic, and obviously desparate for attention.