AP threatens AP affiliate for posting AP videos from AP YouTube channel the AP didn't know they had


	AP threatens AP affiliate for posting AP videos from AP YouTube channel the AP didn't know they had

n2sooners

4-9-2009 11:57 PM

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ap, media, news, youtube, funny

n2sooners says:

And people wonder why the MSM is failing.

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4-10-2009 5:26 AM

merrie

They're shocked that they're idiots?

Why?

4-11-2009 9:26 AM

davboz

The Borg

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