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akclimber
Jan 13, 2006, 11:27 AM
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We see BS statistics all the time on TV and magazines, this also has to do with some of collegekid's "information"...
Is that term meant to be taken literally? As in, "some press members that have associations with this company\source"
And how accurate are these sources? It seems like a ton of "information" given this way is completely made up... Are there any general rules to it?
Or am I just completely wrong? :?
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tgreene
Jan 13, 2006, 12:03 PM
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Associated Press is the largest international press agency ... nothing more, nothing less.
I worked for them in the late 80's, and whikle the "byline" is lucrative, they don't pay for shit!
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akclimber
Jan 13, 2006, 1:47 PM
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What did you do there? and how do they gather most of thier information?
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gene723
Jan 13, 2006, 1:57 PM
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I know that the New York Times have articles by the Associated Press as well as Reuters. I don't know what these things are though. If anyone could answer that would be awesome.
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arrettinator
Jan 13, 2006, 2:07 PM
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You watch the Cobert Report yesterday? :lol:
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tgreene
Jan 13, 2006, 2:24 PM
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In reply to: What did you do there? and how do they gather most of thier information?
AP is an organization that is built upon a network system that includes affiliate publications and media outlets.
Since UPI (United Press International) disappeared in the 80's, AP was left as the only primary wire service. This means that when something of national or regional interest happens in Skunk Crotch, West Virgina, the local media oulet (if an AP affiliate) has a contractual obligation to submit this information to the AP story bank. AP it turn distributes it to all other affiliates, and retains the copywrite.
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abe_ascends
Jan 15, 2006, 11:46 PM
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"truthiness" = "truthy, not facty" :lol:
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