Why, thank you. *blush* (Reply #19) - Democratic Underground

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

Response to Fred Sanders (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:56 PM

merrily (45,251 posts)

19. Why, thank you. blush

I am not the thread starting type. Not here anyway. Not yet, anyway.

Besides, I don't post every day and when I do, I am not usually on the board continuously that day. I would feel irresponsible if I weren't around to reply.

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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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