Perhaps, but no way the AP is the original source. Just as it is a matter of historical fact that government agencies such as the CIA and the FBI and others have consistently used direct links with the NYTimes and the WaPo to release their misinformation and disinformation as desired. I would not at all be surprised to uncover that the same agencies are providing similar coordinated messaging to the AP, Reuters, and other wire services along with the NYTimes and WaPo.
Freepers can have fun with this.
Since all media outlets post their Mockingbird talking points online (whether video, audio or written) the game is to find out who did it first!
For those who have never seen it, take a look at what the Mockingbird media had as their talking points in the early 1960s—caught using subliminal messaging since they made it before it was easy for amateurs to slow down the video—start at the two minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14rvQy3_KG0
For those who don’t like to watch videos, the subliminal key phrases included:
“Government God”
“Obey the Government”
“Consume”