AP Newswatch: Top Stories from the Associated Press

I really appreciate the just- the-news format without commentary, updated multiple times across the day so I can hear what has just broken. The ads are annoying, but it seems they’re not as loud or as disproportionately long as they used to be. They’re at the end of the episode so I can skip past them pretty easily if I am near my phone controls. It’s a little confusing that some days there are six or 10 episodes and other days there are fewer or zero. I’m a new listener so I haven’t figured out the rhythm, but maybe they publish less on weekends?

I listen daily and appreciate the content. Would enjoy it even more if the volume of the newscast was increased to match the volume of the ads, which are more in line with the volume of other podcasts. This podcast is significantly quieter than the ads connected to it and all other podcasts I subscribe to. Matching the volume levels would improve the end user/listener experience tremendously. Thanks for considering!

The sound quality of the news should match the sound quality of the ads! I have to turn up the volume to hear the news, but then my eardrums burst with the ads!!

“Local health authority repot…” and “The Gaza Health Ministry reports…” are controlled by Hamas. AP should be stating, “The Hamas controlled Gaza Health Ministry reports…” Hamas’ charter is to destroy Israel. Hamas built its military in and around civilian infrastructure, neighborhoods, hospitals, schools - which Hamas intended to cause noncombatant deaths when attacking Hamas illegal combatants/terrorists. Hamas started the war by breaking the cease fire, slaughtering 1,200 and taking 200 hostages. Hamas is directly responsible for many Gazan deaths, as it has been holding its own people as human shields. The Hamas controlled Gaza Health Ministry does not specify how many deaths are illegal combatants/terrorists, just that all deaths are civilians. You have to remember, Israel is a western constitutional democracy and Hamas is a terrorist organization that used billions in international humanitarian aid for its military & holds its own people as hostages. Any figures from a Hamas controlled organization should be taken skeptically.