Even the AP has to laugh sometimes

Where were you on Splash Day?

I guarantee there were some giggles, maybe even a chortle or guffaw, when the AP released this. The last line is simply brilliant, evasive to the last.

For fascinating and instructive balance, check out the Galveston County Daily News coverage of the same event.

It's lovely how well the two items play into the red state / blue state, liberal vs. conservative media memes, but I wouldn't buy it for a second. Mostly because I don't want to, but a conspiracy of warring media slants wouldn't pass Ockham's razor here. The simplest explanation is a difference in perspective. The AP is probably sick to death of covering these, while for the Galveston County Daily News the president's in town -- that's huge. So the AP looks for distinction from the other meetings, and the GCDN talks about the, ahem, splash the president's visit made.

What's interesting is that as far as news goes, they're both just crap. No discussion of policy proposals or substantive analysis, instead it's the big guy was in town, he made a joke (curious or not), etc. Presidential policy promotion is reduced to a human interest blurb. Sad.