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Re: AP

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Bill O'Neill wrote:

> How critical is the AP at this time in terms of news sourcing?  We
> often hear a story as quoted in a certain paper or TV outlet but
> rarely, "The AP reports...."  Helen Thomas (formerly UPI pre-merger)

Isn't the AP a co-operative effort of all the contributing media outlets?
At least, didn't it start out that way?

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