Mediagazer: The rewriting of an AP tweet about Gaza shows the costs of avoiding perception of bias (Jay Rosen/Pressthink)

9:35 AM ET, August 1, 2014

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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

The rewriting of an AP tweet about Gaza shows the costs of avoiding perception of bias — The production of innocence: tale of two headlines over Gaza — “Members of Congress fall over each other to support Israel,” the AP said on Twitter. Then the AP decided that it could not say that. Why?

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