AP Fabricates Cost Of Obama Inauguration

Media Matters:

It's hard to find journalism more shoddy than this, courtesy of the AP's Matt Apuzzo [emphasis added]:

The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. ...

Where does that jaw-dropping number of $150 million come from? The AP never says. It doesn't quote anybody, it doesn't point to any facts. There's no nothing. The AP builds an entire story around how much Obama's inauguration might cost (why stop at $150 million?), yet never substantiates the what-if estimates.

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