Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the treatment Palins book received appears to be something new for the AP. The organization did not review for accuracy recent books by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, then-Sen. Joe Biden, either book by Barack Obama released before he was president or autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton. The AP did more traditional news stories on those books.
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various other issues which set him in diametric opposition to his church’s very well-defined and clearly articulated teaching.”