Guilt by association by Associated Press

Tim Blair, the opinion editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, is a man who recognizes hypocrisy when he sees it.

In fact, he does a better job covering the hypocrisy of American journalism than most American journalists do. Blair’s blog featured this item recently:

In the tradition of the mother of the boyfriend of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter:

A half sister of Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband is accused of breaking into the same home two times with the intention of stealing money.

Both pieces from Associated Press, specialists in association.

How many degrees of separation does it take before Associated Press thinks a story isn’t newsworthy? Could someone please look that up in the AP Style Guide.

Source: TimBlair