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News flash: they’re all biased, written by biased humans, edited by biased humans, etc etc.
Meme out of the way:
Overall, we rate the Associated Press as left-centered biased due to left-leaning editorializing of news stories and frequently conducting fact checks on conservatives. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a reasonable fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER Factual Reporting: HIGH Country: USA MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: News Agency Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/associated-press/
Note that mediabiasfactcheck.com is just the personal project of a random right-liberal American healthcare worker; it is not actually some kind of neutral arbiter of bias, and in fact it's heavily biased itself. Ultimately it's just some guys opinion, no better than getting the opinion of some person off twitter.
News flash: they’re all biased, written by biased humans, edited by biased humans, etc etc.
Source: a human robot on the internet
My point is, you may as well just post a random guy on twitter saying "yeah, I think AP new is pretty legit" and it would be as meaningful as posting mediabiasfactcheck.