A news agency (also known as a wire service or newswire) is an organization of journalists established to supply (sell) news reports to news organizations from around the world.  The major news agencies (AP, Reuters, AFP) generally prepare hard news stories and feature articles that can be used by other news organizations with little or no modification, and then sell them to other news organizations.

The AP - Associated Press is the most used news agency in the U.S.  Many news articles published by U.S. news outlets are AP stories.

Robert Francis O'Rourke was born in El Paso, Texas to Pat Francis O'Rourke and Melissa Martha O'Rourke (Williams). He has Irish and Welsh ancestry. Wikipedia reports: His family gave Robert the nickname "Beto,” a common Spanish nickname for first names ending in "-berto" to distinguish him from his namesake grandfather.

The Daily Beast reports: "O’Rourke has been accused of cultural appropriation for giving the impression that he has some form of Hispanic ethnicity."

1. The AP falsely reported that Democratic presidential candidate Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) was “speaking in his native Spanish,” leading readers to believe he is Hispanic. He is not. Do you think the Associated Press reporters intentionally mislead readers about Mr. O’Rourke? Explain your answers.

2. If intentional, what type of bias does the AP display by misrepresenting Beto O’Rourke’s heritage?

3. What positive or negative impact would misleading potential voters (printing a false narrative) about Mr. O'Rourke's heritage have on his candidacy?