No Surprise as to Why It's Called 'Lapdog' Media

"Two things about the AP story immediately jump out at the reader. First, it is based on interviews with administration sources. It accepts their narrative and repeats it uncritically. Second, despite describing the Obama administration's response as "aggressive," the AP does not detail a single action taken by the administration that did anything to effectively combat the spill. Yet this doesn't seem to bother the AP; its analysis takes place entirely on a symbolic level.

Actually, if you pay attention to the dates, the AP documents, as many others have, the slow pace of the administration's response to the spill..."