Associated Press
Why AP Media Bias Deserves High Level of Scrutiny
The Associated Press has historically been considered the "gold standard" of objective journalism. It operates a wire service, meaning local and national news organizations around the country use AP's content to fill gaps in their coverage. That means AP news content has extremely wide impact and reach.
As such, AllSides does particularly extensive analysis of AP. When AP displays political bias, or fails to portray political events, legislation, and perspectives in a balanced and even-handed way, the impact is broad and far-reaching. A media outlet that is relied upon by outlets all over the country deserves a high level of scrutiny when it comes to political bias.
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Instacart is heading from the supermarket to the stock market. The San Francisco-based grocery delivery company raised $660 million in its initial public offering of stock, selling 22 million shares . Its shares were set to begin trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the stock symbol “CART.” The pricing of the IPO gave Instacart a market value of around $10 billion, significantly lower than the $39 billion value placed on it after a fund-raising round in 2021. Instacart provides delivery and pickup from 85% of U.S. grocers, or...