This Oct. 119, 2026, Op-Ed by CAMERA’s Tamar Sternthal was published at Jerusalem News Syndicate.
CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)” class=”wp-image-66841 size-medium” width=”300″ height=”202″ /> Destruction in Gaza City, October 2023 (Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes,” Winston Churchill once remarked.
Recent failed news reporting highlights a related truth: All people harbor biases, but only the most remedial journalists allow their stubborn biases to repeatedly override factual accuracy. When bias, as opposed to factual reporting, is the driving force, even previously corrected falsehoods easily worm their unwelcome way back into coverage.
The Associated Press boasts that it is the “most trusted source of independent, nonpartisan and factual news in all formats,” and adds: “For nearly two centuries, The Associated Press has set the standard for independent, nonpartisan and fact-based journalism.”
Starting with news delivery via the Pony Express in 1846 to serving digital audiences, “we are always innovating to fast and factual news and information,” the storied news agency maintains.
In 2026, however, there are worrying indications that the news agency purportedly committed to “advancing the power of facts” is retreating from the factual front month to month.
Read the rest of CAMERA’s Op-Ed at JNS.