AP and AP Excite seem to have a majority of the Breaking News stories at DU...why is that? [View all]

Do not forget that AP is not a traditional source, as people understand the term as a direct and reliable single journalistic source of information.

"The AP employs the "inverted pyramid formula" for writing that enables the news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication area without losing the story's essential meaning and news information."


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press

Anyone authorized to use AP as the source is permitted to modify the story as log as AP gets co credit.

This is why Fox News often quotes AP as a co source, they can manipulate the news as they see fit within the "essential meaning" contract.

The world of propaganda has a certain logic and consistency and it's own little known codes of conduct.