Another Day, Another Catholic Smear Piece

This just in: an Associated Press editorial on the culture wars and the Girl Scouts of the USA.

The only problem: AP inadvertently filed the 1,500-word opinion piece as a news story.

(Yes, I realize that I just three weeks ago defended AP against claims of widespread bias. But I did point out that some AP stories “need work, both in terms of their journalistic completeness and balance.” And man, does this piece out on the wire now “need work.”)

Regular GetReligion readers may recall my post back in February titled “Thin mints on thin ice?” That post dealt with the media storm over an Indiana lawmaker labeling the Girl Scouts a “radicalized organization.”

AP’s story, written by a New York-based national writer, concerns the Girl Scouts and Catholic bishops.