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		Associated Press launches new feature where ordinary readers can ask questions to reporters and editors about why they covered what they covered and how they covered it. Go nuts (guardian.co.uk)		50
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CtrlAltDelete		2008-01-09 10:49:56 PM

So... they invented email?

UNC_Samurai		2008-01-09 10:58:19 PM

I can't imagine what the media would need to knowabout it's own reporting.

ElvisThroop		2008-01-09 10:58:40 PM

No, no. Al Gore invented that.

Kilmore_Trout		2008-01-09 11:05:58 PM

What did ever happen to Linda Tripp?

CtrlAltDelete		2008-01-09 11:17:56 PM

Kilmore_Trout: What did ever happen to Linda Tripp?

People stopped paying attention to her and she died.

It was her life force.

NewportBarGuy		2008-01-09 11:20:53 PM

What's the deal with airline food?

Kilmore_Trout		2008-01-09 11:22:25 PM

...and where's Waldo.

/so many questions
//where do babies come from?
///where did slashies originate?

RoyBatty		2008-01-09 11:43:34 PM

Is there a dead pool for this? My guess is one week.

Bren_34		2008-01-09 11:45:01 PM

So WHY do you not cover Ron Paul in your articles anymore?

last_ditch		2008-01-09 11:46:53 PM

"So I'm a Ron Paul supporter and..."

Jonesy Boogieman		2008-01-09 11:49:01 PM

Kilmore_Trout: ...and where's Waldo.

/so many questions
//where do babies come from?
///where did slashies originate?

ooo! ooo! Was it the chicken or the egg that came first?
Where's bigfoot?

/gaffaw

Dolamite02		2008-01-09 11:49:28 PM

Sounds to me like they "invented" the editorial page...

litespeed74		2008-01-09 11:49:42 PM

"I am a Nigerian official who needs an American checking account...."

Bucky Katt		2008-01-09 11:49:59 PM

why did the polls get New Hampshire wrong?

MrEricSir		2008-01-09 11:51:17 PM

The AP isn't the problem. Newspaper editors who place AP's stories about has-been pop stars on the front page are the problem.

Bucky Katt		2008-01-09 11:51:53 PM

are bears catholic? does the pope crap in the woods?

skinink		2008-01-09 11:52:22 PM

Is it true that your unofficial mascot of a squirrel with big nuts was stolen by some sneaky social website operator from Kentucky?

Ryker's Peninsula		2008-01-09 11:53:53 PM

Are those real?

Bucky Katt		2008-01-09 11:54:14 PM

why can't you go home again?

polt8115		2008-01-09 11:55:01 PM

Seriously, how many got damn licks does it take, really?

/tastes good, but tounge gets tired
// and neck

Jonesy Boogieman		2008-01-09 11:57:07 PM

Is Dick Clark really human, or a robot like we all think?

kntgsp		2008-01-09 11:57:54 PM

I hope it ends with many reporters killing themselves for reporting pointless farking stories that affect nothing and no one.

Danger Avoid Death		2008-01-09 11:59:06 PM

Jonesy Boogieman: ooo! ooo! Was it the chicken or the egg that came first?

Ask a woman, and she'll say it was the rooster.

rppp01a		2008-01-10 12:04:31 AM

Question from the audience: "Why do you dust off the same article from a year ago and post it as news and add comments to suggest it is new and 'awful awful awful!'?"

Jonesy Boogieman		2008-01-10 12:04:59 AM

Danger Avoid Death: Jonesy Boogieman: ooo! ooo! Was it the chicken or the egg that came first?

Ask a woman, and she'll say it was the rooster.

That is not what I meant! LoL
images.wikia.com

But it'll be my answer from now on!

/tip o' the hat to you

TehBoognish		2008-01-10 12:05:22 AM

"How much of the day are you full blown wasted?"

40below		2008-01-10 12:14:07 AM

TehBoognish: "How much of the day are you full blown wasted?"

As a member of the Working Press™, let me say from 10 a.m. on. Occupational hazard.

bughunter		2008-01-10 12:16:54 AM

I have a question to "Ask AP."

Why the Fark aren't you reporting THIS? [new window]

Drunken_Irish_Joker		2008-01-10 12:19:11 AM

Do vegans swallow?

Falcc		2008-01-10 12:26:18 AM

How much would could a wood chuck chuck if it had the awesome cleaning power of oxyclean? And a follow up: purple?

/Give them something to think about

fanbladesaresharp		2008-01-10 12:26:43 AM

Who thought it was a good idea to bring back Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Did Miss Piggy finally nail Kermit in the last season?

I have a dead whale on my beach. How do I get rid of it?

LambSlaughter		2008-01-10 12:26:54 AM

Why wasn't Linda Tripp embedded in Iraq?

rat_brain_flies_plane		2008-01-10 12:42:55 AM

fanbladesaresharp: I have a dead whale on my beach. How do I get rid of it?

I saw that video clip on television with the captions turned on several years ago.

I will never forget that the caption said

"people screaming; whale meat raining down"

rga184		2008-01-10 01:02:12 AM

rat_brain_flies_plane: fanbladesaresharp: I have a dead whale on my beach. How do I get rid of it?

I saw that video clip on television with the captions turned on several years ago.

I will never forget that the caption said

"people screaming; whale meat raining down"

I will make that my new email signature.

eskimeaux		2008-01-10 01:24:22 AM

bughunter: I have a question to "Ask AP."

Why the Fark aren't you reporting THIS? [new window]

I thought the b-52 nukes story already hit mainstream media and fizzled out.

/I mean, I knew about it so everyone else must. Right?
//Right?

monty666		2008-01-10 01:27:22 AM

Why couldn't my first grade teacher, Mrs. Trofanenko, teach us while she was nude?

/I wouldn't have minded

Fireproof		2008-01-10 01:28:13 AM

Shot at 2007-11-11

Viewer		2008-01-10 01:43:06 AM

So some form of AP moderators pick which questions get answered? Prepare for tons of people to get pissed off because they submitted the same question, better, two days earlier? Will they get over it?

ju66l3r		2008-01-10 02:17:03 AM

Iraq war: a good war or the best war?

/Channeling Colbert

unto_others		2008-01-10 02:22:01 AM

eskimeaux:
I thought the b-52 nukes story already hit mainstream media and fizzled out.

/I mean, I knew about it so everyone else must. Right?
//Right?

Differentnooclear scandal. The second paragraph in quotes is a spinoff of the Sunday Times story.

I'd also really like to know why the AP isn't covering the Sibel Edmonds thing.

phillydrifter		2008-01-10 02:38:43 AM

Why aren't you covering the voter fraud that happened in NH last night?

phallus		2008-01-10 02:56:44 AM

Can a penis break if it is bent while erect?

SandmanEatsYourBrain		2008-01-10 04:38:36 AM

Who are you all and why are you such f*cking douchebags? Seems like a fairly basic question to be asking the AP.

But I already know the answer, so I don't think I'll be asking them any questions.

Nightsweat		2008-01-10 08:39:02 AM

Is Nedra Pickler her real name?

tdyak		2008-01-10 09:27:00 AM

phallus: Can a penis break if it is bent while erect?

Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_fracture)

questionallthings		2008-01-10 09:36:38 AM

CtrlAltDelete: So... they invented email?

This

/My first This....I feel so dirty.

harryjrf		2008-01-10 09:58:43 AM

You know, perhaps the Associated Press could canvas talk radio (both sides, assuming the Left has any radio shows), and get their "what do you think is missing from the news" questions from there. Just a thought.

Jonesy Boogieman		2008-01-10 10:42:06 AM

tdyak: phallus: Can a penis break if it is bent while erect?

Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_fracture)

OMG... I'm convulsively shuddering! But why did you put this knowledge in my head?!

/a little freaked out
//shudder

phallus		2008-01-10 11:07:10 AM

tdyak: phallus: Can a penis break if it is bent while erect?

Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_fracture)

Ouch... nice way to start my morning... "loud cracking or popping sound" hahaha!

/shudders
//no woman on top for me

SoxSweepAgain		2008-01-10 03:05:53 PM

I'd still like to know how the BBC knew at 5:00 EST on 9/11 that Tower 7 was going to "collapse into its own basement" and broadcast same 23 minutes before it actually happened.

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