The Associated Press: Korea’s Global Propaganda arm By Nate Thayer February 7, 2016 The Associated Press opened their news bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea four years ago last month with much self-trumpeted pomp that brought the entire AP executive business side of the company hierarchy from their New York headquarters as invited guests of the […]
Associated Press Stays the Propaganda Course in Mundane North Korea Reporting
Associated Press Stays the Propaganda Course in Mundane North Korea Reporting Fully staffed Pyongyang news bureau won’t report major fire Media competition does from Seoul, Tokyo, Washington By Nate Thayer June 12, 2015 On Thursday, June 11, there was a major fire at the iconic Koryo hotel in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The story […]
Peeking into backrooms of big media defending bad reporting: AP & Washington Examiner
Elite Media defend PR shilling for one another By Nate Thayer December 31, 2014 Yesterday, I was forwarded an email sent to my editor from the Washington Examiner newspaper requesting comment on a story we wrote on December 24 called “The Associated Press in North Korea: A Potemkin News Bureau?” The problem was the Examiner had […]
The AP in North Korea: A Potemkin news bureau? Secret AP deal gives Pyongyang control over news
By Nate Thayer NK News December 24, 2014 According to 14 current and former AP reporters involved in news produced out of the North Korean bureau, as well as the detailed draft agreement signed by AP top management with North Korea, the Pyongyang bureau is the only one in the world where the AP allows: […]
Is the Associated Press collaborating with North Korea? AP & Pyongyang agree to separate truth from news
Very disturbing questions raised by secret agreement made between the AP and the North Korean Ministry of Propaganda and Agitation Is the Associated Press a willing collaborator with Pyongyang? AP top management refuses to answer that question. Fortunately, the excellent and embarrassed reporters of the AP are more than willing to do their job to bring the unfiltered […]
