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10. AP's whoredom is irrelevant.

Fri May 17, 2013, 01:54 PM

May 2013

I am all for media communicating with leakers--but fake outrage when the leakers phone records are pulled? Not at all.

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Why I don't give a damn about the AP: [View all] hedgehog May 2013 OP

Add to it that the AP knows the leak is being investigated - hedgehog May 2013 #4

thanks for the link, Little Star.. I posted the Vid in Cha May 2013 #13

TY Little Star May 2013 #18

Just watched it! Very good, thank you! Cha May 2013 #15

K&R Whisp May 2013 #2

this is just pathetic and so wrong cali May 2013 #5

+1. snot May 2013 #6

I care ProSense May 2013 #7

I care about media hypocrisy, and I care about what happened, BUT closeupready May 2013 #9

Tools get used. bemildred May 2013 #8

AP's whoredom is irrelevant. Orsino May 2013 #10

It wasn't just the leaker BainsBane May 2013 #12

It is not fake by any means. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #25

the White House wants the Leaker who exposed Cha May 2013 #16

Thanks go to Scuba! hedgehog May 2013 #19

Yeah, Scuba, too.. I Cha May 2013 #20

You do relise that "Leaks" are a major tool for the Press. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #17

My objection is that the press obsession with leaks has reduced it hedgehog May 2013 #21

The do, or I should say, try to. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #22

Good advice! hedgehog May 2013 #24

So, just screw the press, generally? DirkGently May 2013 #23

+10000 dkf May 2013 #27

+1000 Anansi1171 May 2013 #26

The AP is getting the karma it built up under the GWB years. Rex May 2013 #28

Any source with a legitimate story will always get it out. bluedigger May 2013 #29

Tell you what nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #30

No one is stopping you nor anyone else from doing that. randome May 2013 #32