# Associated Press Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/associated-press/ 8 people recommended Associated Press in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend AP for opinion-free news and timely push notifications, and often name it alongside Reuters as a go-to source. Summary written by Claude from 9 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Preferred alongside Reuters as a source (5 comments in the sample): "For this reason I prefer sources like the Associated Press or Reuters." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706392)) "The AP and Reuters are well-staffed and have functional websites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398034)) "Surely it's better to follow AP and Reuters and tune the rest." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47630058)) - Opinion-free, selection-based reporting (2 comments in the sample): "News Agencies (eg. Reuters, AP, AFP) as they are written opinion-free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314528)) "usually are only biased through selection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49697895)) ## Other news services people recommend - [Reuters](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reuters/): 19 recommend, 3 mixed, 4 criticize - [AP News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ap/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Associated Press", https://hackerapproved.com/p/associated-press/ (8 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.