Say no to AP’s shoddy work

Boston Herald ^ | December 3, 2006 | Jules Crittenden

[baystaterebel]

When a company defrauds its customers, or delivers shoddy goods, the customers sooner or later are going to take their business elsewhere. But if that company has a virtual monopoly, and offers something its customers must have, they may have no choice but to keep taking it.

That’s when the customers, en masse, need to raise a stink. That’s when someone else with the resources needs to seriously consider whether the time is ripe to compete.

The Associated Press is embroiled in a scandal. Conservative bloggers, the new media watchdogs, lifted a rock at the AP.

Curt at Floppingaces, www.floppingaces2.blogspot.com, led the charge. He thought there was something strange about an AP report, and took a second look at it, then a third look. He and others blew the lid off it. The AP is making up war crimes. But the resulting stink in the blogosphere has barely wrinkled a nose in the mainstream press. The ethics-obsessed Poynter Institute seems to be oblivious to it.

[pyx]

No, noob, they're not. And there's no need to repeat.

[RightWhale]

The AP has journalistic standards. In particular they all use the Webster's New College Dictionary and that's official. So, their lies are spelled correctly.

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Where is Orrin hatch? He was the wonderful useless Senator from my state who pushed the issue against Microsoft, because Word Perfect - a Utah company at the time, was threatened.

since then WP sold out to Novell, who in turn reduced the local work force, and sold their interest to Corell, who in turn sold off the workforce to 400 employees and took the company out of state.

Let's get some monopoly legislation here, Orrin.

SS

[avacado]

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No, noob, they're not. And there's no need to repeat.
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Yes, they are.

[sono]

Is AP's mystery source, Jamil Hussein, a stringer for Jazzy News?

[PhilDragoo]

The Santa Fe New Mexican has the same Leftist bias as AP. We dropped our subscription years and years ago after the umpteenth phone fight with their editorial page editor re why my letter to the editor was not published or published in redacted form.

Customers are indeed expressing displeasure--but those would be subscribers, not newspaper editors.

There's a difference between a newspaper editor and a maggot, but I can't remember it this second.

Oh, wait--there's not.

[Valin]

It's Official: Media Body Burning Story is Bogus (Shiite vs. Sunni)
http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | November 27, 2006 | Greg Sheffield

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744813/posts
Posted on 11/27/2006 5:41:07 PM CST by lowbridge



It's Official: Media Body Burning Story is Bogus

[devolve]

[dixiechick2000]

PERFECT!

To: AP

NO!

Regards,
dc2k

[Alissa]

Can't agree with you more! CANCEL YOUR NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS! The coupons & crossword puzzles are not worth it. Look at the source for all the national/international news , it's: AP, NYT, WP, LAT, these are the sources for all the smaller newspapers.

This is how the grassroot rebellion can/will start.

[cornelis]

He thought there was something strange about an AP report, and took a second look at it, then a third look. He and others blew the lid off it. The AP is making up war crimes. But the resulting stink in the blogosphere has barely wrinkled a nose in the mainstream press

bttt

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

BUMP

[potlatch]

Lol, love your wit! Our smaller town newspaper has gone to the far side too but has always been strict about editing letters to the editor.

Very irritating sometimes.

[potlatch]

Excellent posting devolve, as always.

[Interesting Times]

AP's reporting isn't "shoddy."

That implies a lack of intent.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[devolve]

Thanks potlatch

[potlatch]

You bettcha!