Apparently blatant editorializing in place of straight news now seems to be becoming increasingly the rule not the exception at the Associated Press. The latest example of AP breaking its own rules against opinionating in news stories is so blatantly absurd as to be laughable. The AP on Thursday actually took the November inflation rate of 2.7% which was below the expected 3.1% and somehow turned that good news into a negative. Check the headline on AP reporters Paul Wiseman's and Anne D'Innocenzio's editorial poorly disguised as an article, "US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren’t feeling it." Yes. AP can not only determine that the data might be distorted but also somehow channel the feelings of millions of Americans to report it as an absolute fact. The very negative editorializing about lower than expected  inflation continues in the body of the editorial/article: At a time when Americans are frustrated and angry over the high cost of living, the government released a report Thursday showing that inflation had cooled unexpectedly in November. But economists quickly warned that that last month’s numbers were suspect because they’d been delayed and likely distorted by the 43-day federal shutdown. And most Americans have not felt any let up in the high prices they are paying for food, insurance, utilities and other basic necessities. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its consumer price index rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier. Yet, year-over-year inflation remains well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. Americans, dismayed by high prices, handed big victories to Democrats in local and state elections last month. Notice the sharp contrast in tone over what is essentially inflation dropping more rapidly than expected between AP and Harvard Professor of Economics Ken Rogoff on CNN who was very upbeat on the same information that AP portrays as somehow negative: — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025 Now back to the AP's heart of negativity: "U.S. inflation remains stubbornly high, partly because of President Donald Trump’s decision to impose double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth along with targeted tariffs on specific products like steel, aluminum and autos." Congratulations AP for portraying the lower than expected inflation rate of 2.7% as "stubornly high" because of tariffs. However, in the very next sentence, AP hilariously contradicts itself on the effect of the tariffs on the inflation rate: "The president’s tariffs have so far proved less inflationary than economists feared." Ooops! Much of the rest of the AP editorial pretending to be a legit story is a rat-ta-tat-tat of Orange Man Bad such as this TDS flurry: Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday that aired live during prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats. The speech was a rehash of his recent messaging that has so far been unable to calm public anxiety about the rising cost of groceries, housing, utilities and other basic goods. It appears as if the AP crew have fully embraced the ideals of the Harvard University NiemanLab which encourages ditching any attempt at objectivity in journalism in favor of encouraging social justice for the greater good. Solidarity journalism. Alive and well at the Associated Press.