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The New York Post Can't Stomach AP's Pulitzer

The New York Post's editorial about the Associated Press's Pulitzer prize for its coverage of the NYPD spying on Muslims is angry even for a paper that employs Andrea Peyser.

By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 22, 2012

Don't Expect the New AP CEO to Shake Things Up

There's been a lot of change underway at the good old dependable Associated Press in the last few weeks, culminating in the hiring of a new president and CEO, Gary Pruitt.

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By John Hudson

Mar 15, 2012

How the AP Selected Its North Korea Reporter

It's the most restricted place in the world, and if you want to run a news bureau there, you're going to have to play ball with the powers that be.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 13, 2012

A.P. Celebrates Sunshine Week by Naming Obama's Anonymous Officials

The Associated Press's Richard Lardner has attracted the admiring eyes of Beltway reporters Tuesday by flouting the Obama administration's demand for anonymity, even as another A.P. article granted the administration's request.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 23, 2012

AP: Now Less Slanted

The Associated Press has a new logo -- its first in 30 years! -- and it looks much more upright instead of slanting off to the right as the old one did.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 20, 2012

Someone Called the FBI on NYPD Officers Pretending to Be Muslim Students

When the New York Police Department was doing some spying on Muslim students outside the city (that's a thing it does, we learned from the Associated Press on Monday), an apartment officers used to spy on Rutgers students got a visit from the FBI on a report that it was a terrorist cell itself.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 26, 2012

After Scandal, CIA Is Removing Agent from the NYPD

After a probe resulted from reports that the CIA was helping the New York Police Department set up surveillance programs in the Muslim community, the CIA is removing its agent from the NYPD, reports the Associated Press.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 17, 2012

The AP's Social Media Guidelines Would Make a Great Mother's Day Gift

The Associated Press released a shiny new set of social media guidelines on Tuesday, a sure sign that one of the world's oldest media organizations is making moves to keep up with the times.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 15, 2011

Location of Bradley Manning's Trial Will Be Convenient for the N.S.A

Even the Associated Press is jumping on board the idea that there's something fishy about Bradley Manning's trial taking place at the same Maryland military base in close proximity to the National Security Agency "cloak-and-dagger sanctum."

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 13, 2011

AP Chief Says Other Outlets Are 'More Thoughtful or More Innovative'

A leaked Associated Press memo offers a refreshingly candid assessment of how the 165-year-old wire service continues to struggle in navigating the increasingly tech-driven, real-time media landscape of the 21st-century.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 18, 2011

Christopher Walken Impersonator Fools the AP, Corrections Ensue

A day after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office announced plans to reopen the case of actress Natalie Wood's mysterious 1981 death, the Associated Press reported new details that, unfortunately, were totally fabricated by a Christopher Walken impersonator on a local radio station.

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By John Hudson

Nov 3, 2011

Journalists Don't Like Being Told How to Retweet

Hell hath no fury like a journalist who can't freely retweet. The Associated Press is facing a wave of backlash today following the release of its new guidelines for Twitter usage.

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By John Hudson

Oct 13, 2011