AP Criticized for 'A Car Has Driven' Headline in German Christmas Market Attack

The Associated Press was slammed by people on X and received a community note after saying that a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.with the title, “At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack.”

“A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany,” the AP wrote in its post on X., a man, who is “reportedly from Saudi Arabia” drove a car through “a crowd of people at a Christmas market” in the city of Magdeburg.“A car has driven” implies the car drove itself, which is factually incorrect. A man from Saudi Arabia intentionally drove the car into the Christmas market as a terror attack.

Several people responded to the AP’s post on X, questioning “who was driving the car” and criticizing the establishment media for writing “headlines like this” instead of being honest.

“‘A car has driven into a group of people’ might be one of the best possible examples of how the media has worked tirelessly to ensure that its importance and influence collapse,” Ian Miller, a writer with OutkickGuatemalan Migrant Suspected of Lighting Subway Rider on Fire ArrestedReport: Guatemalan Migrant Suspected of Lighting Subway Rider on Fire ArrestedExclusive — Steve Bannon: Speaker Johnson Must Resign by New YearGun Used by Madison Christian School Shooter Was Purchased LegallyTexas...

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