Go to any Fox News stories sourcing AP, there are plenty daily. Read the sourced AP story and (Reply #17)

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Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:40 PM

Fred Sanders (23,946 posts)

17. Go to any Fox News stories sourcing AP, there are plenty daily. Read the sourced AP story and

compare to the published Fox story.

In jointly published stories with AP it is a bit harder because there is no link to the sourced story and another source would be Fox itself.

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AP and AP Excite seem to have a majority of the Breaking News stories at DU...why is that? [View all]	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	OP
Is there a particular AP story you have issue with? nt	Xipe Totec	Jul 2014	#1
I have a problem with almost all of the subtle misinformation, the subtle right wing	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#2
Pick one. Since you brought it up, it behooves you to point to at least one specific objection. nt	Xipe Totec	Jul 2014	#4
Fair enough, thought it would be more sporting if I let you pick.	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#7
Good one!	Xipe Totec	Jul 2014	#14
Not sure the main body can be edited	dipsydoodle	Jul 2014	#3
They can edit the story to fit the available publication area.....so they can leave things out, and	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#5
You need to quote an example.	dipsydoodle	Jul 2014	#15
Go to any Fox News stories sourcing AP, there are plenty daily. Read the sourced AP story and	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#17
If you simply search AP News	dipsydoodle	Jul 2014	#20
An excellent argument as to why you shouldn't link to AP articles on Fox News...	PoliticAverse	Jul 2014	#6
It's also that a LOT of newspapers pick up AP stories.	merrily	Jul 2014	#8
That is my point. They are picked up, edited and reformed to fit the agenda, and since AP starts	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#9
I think it would leave too few options for posting here, due to	merrily	Jul 2014	#10
PS You might want to respond to Reply 6, too. Apparently, he does the same thing I do, namely,	merrily	Jul 2014	#13
I think it would leave too few options for posting here, due to	merrily	Jul 2014	#11
I like to hoist flags and see who salutes, can always take it back down,,,,like maybe now,,,,,	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#12
Don't take my word for it. I've started only about 3 threads since I've	merrily	Jul 2014	#16
You write very well, I would say, you should start more threads in General Discussion.	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#18
Why, thank you. blush	merrily	Jul 2014	#19
how does your data look? number of LBN stories, # with/without AP? % OF each? nt	msongs	Jul 2014	#21
Someone is going to have to pay me for that.	Fred Sanders	Jul 2014	#22

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