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Old 08-31-2005, 03:27 PM   #36 (permalink)
quadro2000
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Originally Posted by shakran
But you have to understand how the AP works. If I'm a newspaper writer in Yahoo Wisconsin and I write a story and my paper is a member of the AP, my story goes out on the wire. Same for the guy in Los Angeles. It's not like the AP is one unified voice. It's just a central gathering system for articles written by reporters all over the country - who work for different newspapers. Even if they were from the same organization, you couldn't blame the organization because the organization didn't write it, they're just passing it on.
Thanks for the education. I didn't know the workings of the AP. I've made errors all over this thread.
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