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sight of the Jan. 19 caucuses

That should be "site." What happened to AP editors?

170 posted on 12/08/2003 2:22:48 PM PST by aristeides
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To: aristeides
That should be "site." What happened to AP editors?

They were too busy adding in the tripe about "disputed election in 2000"....

172 posted on 12/08/2003 2:24:16 PM PST by So Cal Rocket
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To: aristeides
That should be "site." What happened to AP editors?


New Gore word invention..... at least it wasn't 'cite'
175 posted on 12/08/2003 2:24:41 PM PST by deport
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To: aristeides
That should be "site." What happened to AP editors?

Take it from someone that's been on the inside: The AP system is to get it out first, and get it coherent later. Most developing stories like this one go out literally paragraph-by-paragraph, or even sentence-by-sentence, in "takes", which subscribing news organizations then piece together on their end. Then 20 or 30 minutes later, the reporter goes back and rewrites it (including fixing the dumb typos and spelling errors), and sends it out again as one piece. Then it may be updated again throughout the day/evening if events warrant.

310 posted on 12/08/2003 2:58:37 PM PST by Timesink (I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
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