It's unfortunate that you exclusively focus on the source rather than the argument when the information contained in the links I provided can be found in peer reviewed papers, other news publications, etc., all of which can be easily searched for online. The math isn't particularly complicated, nor is it controversial.

Here's an article about gerrymandering in NC in the journal of Statistics and Public Policy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2020.1...

The NC2012 and NC2016 plots in comparison with the neutral districting is almost cartoonish in how much packing was performed.

As an aside, I don't understand why you're claiming that the AP, of all news sources, is a propaganda outlet (let alone one favoring democrats?). Do you have some reason to believe that their take regarding district policy is suspect? Or do you just have an nebulous distrust of news media in general?

You're more than welcome to post a reputable source that provides an analysis claiming that gerrymandering enfranchises people so that we'd have some subject matter disagreement to dig into.