Who exactly IS Associated press? Ive got proof that its only one person.?

Question

Around March 17th Cynthia McKinney and thousands of other Americans protested in Washington and all over the country but the news was almost a complete blackout. The only mention I could find was a piece by AP News, And the wording was exactly the same in every newspaper and every website. How is it possible for one writer to have his version of the news published all over the globe and have people call it news??? Where were the independant reporters and journalists? I know it was written by one one hand because the wording was all the same, the only thing that changed was the headlines at the top. Who is this omnipotent news reporter and why dont we know his or her name?

Answer 1

That is not proof. The AP is a group of writers that have their stories put on a wire. Local newspapers can then take the story and print it. Newspapers all over the world can have the exact same story.

Answer 2

LMAO, you're such a goof!
The AP is a GLOBAL NETWORK of reporters who submit their different news stories to the AP. The AP then distributes those news stories globally to their affiliates, i.e. newspapers, magazines, television, et cetera. From that point on, it's up the individual editors at those affiliate locations to determine WHICH AP stories they will run in their particular news medium and to determine the headline that they think will garnish the most attention to the story for their area. For instance, a village that flooded due to heavy rains in a third world country would be minor news, shoved to the back of the paper and have a small, unexciting headline. However, when the President gets caught saying something ELSE incredibly stupid (geez, we actually allowed this moron to take office TWICE?????) while he has a radish shoved up his butt (that's got to be the only reason why he can't think of anything clever.....the leader of the free world can NOT possibly that stupid, can he?)....anyway, that sort of thing will get a larger, more attention grabbing headline. However, that particular news story was written by one person or perhaps even one small team of reporters and sent out worldwide. That's why AP stories are all worded the same in every news paper.

Kinda like when NBC in your local area shows the national news one channel, but when you go three states away to visit your dear ol' granny (who makes the BEST roasted chicken, you really should visit her more often. Yer granny misses you. Besides, she's gonna cut you out of the will if you don't start visiting more, you ungrateful brat.) and the local station at HER house is on a different channel but look! It's the same guy that was on TV at YOUR house in a different city and he's saying the SAME thing!

Wow. So apparently, when I watch the ball game here in Indy the Colts won the Superbowl. Unfortunately, when my buddy in Florida watched it there.....they still won. Same game. Same words. Same Chicago mistakes.

Same technology with the newspaper, dude.

Answer 3

Newspapers have been depending on AP reports for decades. They simply can't afford to send a reporter to every event. And you wouldn't be interested in paying the price of a newspaper if one did.

Should there be more reporters at these events. Of course, And on the more important events get such coverage. I suspect that was so with the event you mentioned. It's just that you hadn't seen it. Use search function on major news outles -- New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, etc -- shortly after a major event and you'll see.

Answer 4

The other long answers are correct, and hopefully you've learned something.

Newspapers can't afford to send a reporter to every event in the world. That's why they teamed up to form the AP. Otherwise, you'd have nothing but local news in your paper, especially the smaller ones. (The big papers have bureaus in major hot spots.)

Answer 5

It is still not a solid proof, but it would be nice if someone proves your claim.