Nevermind the Vatican, the AP needs to learn how to Google

Plenty of people (rightfully) pointed out awhile back that the Vatican press office (especially) could do a better job using basic internet search techniques to avoid embarrassment.

Well, just to keep the playing field fair, let's note that even the Associated Press seems to be internet research-impaired at times.

At the end of an AP article treating Obama's response last night to a question about the Notre Dame controversy and where abortion is on his priority list, author David Alexander (with editing help by Mohammad Zarghm) concludes:

"Several bishops also have criticized the university for the decision."

... several?! Try fifty-five.

Now, I may study theology, but I also have enough elementary math skills to be pretty sure that "several" is less than 1/10 of the actual number of bishops who have criticized Notre Dame. And it's not like I'm the only person who has been keeping track (so has LifeSite, for instance) ... in other words, these 50+ statements generate quite a large internet footprint.

A logical Google search of "notre dame obama bishop" yields plenty more than several results.

Okay, I won't belabor the point further. C'mon, AP - use Google.