{"id":941116,"date":"2021-10-30T10:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941116"},"modified":"2021-10-30T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:14:26","slug":"graham-ap-acts-puzzled-that-a-democrat-could-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-ap-acts-puzzled-that-a-democrat-could-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAHAM: AP Acts Puzzled That A Democrat Could Lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-ap-acts-puzzled-that-a-democrat-could-lose%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the last days before Election Day, the Associated Press seems befuddled. One article was headlined, \u201cBiden easily won Virginia. Why is McAuliffe struggling?\u201d Is this really a brainteaser?<\/p>\n<p>With the public polls showing a toss-up, AP\u2019s Steve Peoples channeled the fears of Democrats that former Gov. Terry McAuliffe could lose to first-time candidate Glenn Youngkin, and the \u201cfinger-pointing and handwringing has begun.\u201d And \u201cMcAuliffe\u2019s hyper-focus on former President Donald Trump may not energize voters.\u201d Did they overestimate the appeal of McAuliffe\u2019s experience?<\/p>\n<p>For Republicans, this is the best line: \u201cA McAuliffe loss on Tuesday would reverberate across the national political landscape, likely triggering all-out panic among Democrats.\u201d AP is not alone on this. Washington Post columnist Dan Balz also said, \u201cif McAuliffe were to lose the race or even win narrowly, Democratic worries about 2022 would increase dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These journalists know Democrat panic. They can feel it in their own offices.<\/p>\n<p>The AP writer admitted the obvious: McAuliffe suffered when he \u201cquipped\u201d that \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d This is especially awkward since many parents home-school or put their kids in private schools. McAuliffe went to private schools, as did his children. AP didn\u2019t mention that little personal detail.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin was discussing parents in Virginia objecting to requiring their children to read sexually explicit literature \u2014 in one case, the Toni Morrison novel \u201cBeloved,\u201d which includes harrowing scenes of rape and forced fellatio.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe vetoed a bill to allow not a \u201cban\u201d on the book, but to let students \u201copt out\u201d of explicit materials, which he somehow compared to censorship. \u201cI\u2019m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out, make their own decision,\u201d McAuliffe claimed in the debate.<\/p>\n<p>This ties into actual sexual assaults in the high schools of Loudoun County, but Peoples and other AP reporters sounded a note of fearmongering in an Oct. 25 story. It began, \u201cGlenn Youngkin wants voters in Virginia to hear an urgent message: Your children are in danger. In a speech in Northern Virginia\u2019s suburbs last week, the Republican candidate for governor highlighted the murky case of a student who allegedly committed sex crimes in two area schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murky? On the same day, a Loudoun County judge ruled the assault occurred.<\/p>\n<p>A quick search of AP archives in 2018 shows their reporters never used the word \u201cmurky\u201d to describe Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s completely unproven charges of sexual assault by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last days before Election Day, the Associated Press seems befuddled. One article was headlined, \u201cBiden easily won Virginia. Why is McAuliffe struggling?\u201d Is this really a brainteaser?With the public polls showing a toss-up, AP\u2019s Steve Peoples channeled the fears of Democrats that former Gov. Terry McAuliffe could lose to first-time candidate Glenn Youngkin, and the \u201cfinger-pointing and handwringing has begun.\u201d And \u201cMcAuliffe\u2019s hyper-focus on former President Donald Trump may not energize voters.\u201d Did they overestimate the appeal of McAuliffe\u2019s experience?For Republicans, this is the best line: \u201cA McAuliffe loss on Tuesday would reverberate across the national political landscape, likely triggering all-out panic among Democrats.\u201d AP is not alone on this. Washington Post columnist Dan Balz also said, \u201cif McAuliffe were to lose the race or even win narrowly, Democratic worries about 2022 would increase dramatically.\u201dThese journalists know Democrat panic. They can feel it in their own offices.The AP writer admitted the obvious: McAuliffe suffered when he \u201cquipped\u201d that \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d This is especially awkward since many parents home-school or put their kids in private schools. McAuliffe went to private schools, as did his children. AP didn\u2019t mention that little personal detail.Youngkin was discussing parents in Virginia objecting to requiring their children to read sexually explicit literature \u2014 in one case, the Toni Morrison novel \u201cBeloved,\u201d which includes harrowing scenes of rape and forced fellatio.McAuliffe vetoed a bill to allow not a \u201cban\u201d on the book, but to let students \u201copt out\u201d of explicit materials, which he somehow compared to censorship. \u201cI\u2019m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out, make their own decision,\u201d McAuliffe claimed in the debate.This ties into actual sexual assaults in the high schools of Loudoun County, but Peoples and other AP reporters sounded a note of fearmongering in an Oct. 25 story. It began, \u201cGlenn Youngkin wants voters in Virginia to hear an urgent message: Your children are in danger. In a speech in Northern Virginia\u2019s suburbs last week, the Republican candidate for governor highlighted the murky case of a student who allegedly committed sex crimes in two area schools.\u201dMurky? On the same day, a Loudoun County judge ruled the assault occurred.A quick search of AP archives in 2018 shows their reporters never used the word \u201cmurky\u201d to describe Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s completely unproven charges of sexual assault by a teenage Brett Kavanaugh. They did report, however, \u201cthe conservative jurist\u2019s prospects of Senate confirmation remained murky.\u201dPeoples and his AP team added, \u201cYoungkin\u2019s final-days focus on sexual predators in schools, hardly a widespread issue, will test the limits of his suburban outreach,\u201d and, \u201cYoungkin\u2019s dark message represents a new front in his monthslong push to repair the Republican Party\u2019s standing in the suburbs\u201d after Trump.You can guess the AP didn\u2019t describe the Democrats in the Kavanaugh hearings claiming rape was a \u201cdark message\u201d or \u201chardly a widespread issue.\u201dAP did find 32-year-old mom Briana Howard, who \u201csaid she typically votes for Democrats and voted for Biden last year,\u201d but is now \u201csupporting Youngkin because of his stance on education and her frustration with Democrats, who she feels have catered to teachers unions instead of families.\u201dThis may underline why the AP reporters are so befuddled. They cannot imagine that a parent might feel at odds with teachers unions, especially Biden-voting parents. They think education is a solid \u201cDemocrat issue.\u201d AP should have a few Republicans in the newsroom to keep them in better touch.The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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