Beating the AP
Posted By Russ Emerson on October 18, 2004 at 7:05 pm
On various blogs, such as INDC Journal, I’ve recently seen AP photos of a theatre marquee in the “Little Kabul” section of Fremont, CA.
The Associated Press must be a bit slow these days. I blogged a picture (taken by a correspondent of mine) of the same theatre, with a slightly different message on the marquee, back in June.
Why do we need the AP at all, when there are thousands of “reporters” out there with digital cameras and IP addresses? For an air of respectability? Heck, I lost my respect for the MSM long ago.
Maybe we need them as a “distribution channel” — an index, of sorts — for the news. Well, heck, I read Instapundit (for example) every day.
Alan at the Command Post had a few thoughts on the matter, delivered in person to the AP managing editors, but worth a read by anyone interested in news.