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AP Boss: Sources Won’t Talk Anymore
Politico ^ | June 20, 2013 | Mackenzie Weinger

Posted on 06/20/2013 3:25:42 AM PDT by Biggirl

Associated Press president Gary Pruitt on Wednesday slammed the Department of Justice for acting as “judge, jury and executioner” in the seizure of the news organization’s phone records and he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ap; clammedupinfear; dc; sources
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1 posted on 06/20/2013 3:25:42 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

It isn’t like AP was going to tell us the truth about the 0bama administration anyway.


2 posted on 06/20/2013 3:26:52 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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To: Biggirl

“he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.”

Wasn’t that the goal?


3 posted on 06/20/2013 3:28:58 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Hardastarboard

It’ll take six months, but the AP will eventually come around to decide if the WH won’t fix this....they will target them with every ounce of investigative reporting that they have left, which might not be much.


4 posted on 06/20/2013 3:29:57 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Biggirl

DOJ message: If you are not going to support us, shut up. Looks like AP is getting the message. Too bad the AP will obey.


5 posted on 06/20/2013 3:36:54 AM PDT by liberateUS
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To: liberateUS

That is is why the “new media” has to step up to the plate.


6 posted on 06/20/2013 3:39:21 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

This is what happens when you have short range vision.


7 posted on 06/20/2013 3:39:35 AM PDT by kevslisababy
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To: kearnyirish2
“he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.” Wasn’t that the goal?

If we repeat it a hundred times the media might get it. OK, it's at least theoretically possible.

8 posted on 06/20/2013 3:40:40 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Biggirl

Well now, how ironic. Maybe NOW they can do some real research into who the people are that are running (or more appropriately) ruining our country. Maybe NOW they can get their hands on a college transcript, a paper he wrote or his travel to Pakistan. Maybe now they will look at his old connections. Maybe.


9 posted on 06/20/2013 4:00:12 AM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: Biggirl

Looks like hussein the muzzie FUNDAMENTALLY changed the news bidness too! Maybe if you ap drones would actually dig into his background... oh that is too much to ask I suspect! /s


10 posted on 06/20/2013 4:09:23 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: kearnyirish2

“Wasn’t that the goal?”

Yep—and the AP is responsible for backing the tyrant in chief for so long. Karma’s a bitch.


11 posted on 06/20/2013 4:14:31 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: pepsionice

Six months? The AP style book will need a year to be revised after the sixmonths it tkes to make the decision to revise it.


12 posted on 06/20/2013 4:16:56 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Who will shoot Liberty Valence?)
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..................he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.

Mission Accomplished!

13 posted on 06/20/2013 4:21:14 AM PDT by varon (Down with tyranny)
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To: varon

Please see post number 6. Thank-you.


14 posted on 06/20/2013 4:22:59 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl
Gomer says it best.
SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
15 posted on 06/20/2013 4:31:05 AM PDT by DeaconRed (I don't want to tell my grandchild How good America WAS. When we were FREE I will fight to stop.)
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To: Biggirl

But since they make up s$i& all the time, they will invent new sources.


16 posted on 06/20/2013 4:39:55 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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AP: “he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.”

DOJ: Mission Accomplished.


17 posted on 06/20/2013 4:46:43 AM PDT by servo1969
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“AP: “he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear.”

DOJ: Mission Accomplished.”

NEW MEDIA: We are NOW picking up the SLACK the AP leaves behind.


18 posted on 06/20/2013 4:49:44 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

The story is stalled because no one in the MSM is investigating it. Bloggers aren’t built to investigate it.


19 posted on 06/20/2013 5:08:07 AM PDT by STJPII
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To: STJPII

Yet talkradio is still talking about it and the other scandals of the days.

A gentle correcting: There are bloggers that are blogging on it, just got to find them out there.


20 posted on 06/20/2013 5:19:06 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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