Gawker 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #associatedpress more comments → TheUptightMidwesterner: I have been blessed with a job that requires you to work at least some of the holidays. It is the best excuse ever and everybody thinks I am swell ga... more » drunkexpatwriter: How about: My family are a bunch of psychopaths and they live an ocean away. Also, "I'm a lazy drunk" seems to work as well. more » Conchie Birdie: Glad I'm reading this on the freaking plane. A little too late, I guess. more » Trai_Dep: Well, I guess there's one advantage to being Roman Polanski this time of year... more » raincoaster: If they loved me, wouldn't they send me a FIRST class ticket? more » phlox✔: But what if my family is already here? What if they live with me? Now what are the options? Cyanide capsules? Fiegning mercury poisoning? Also, ... more » hotpinklovesofa: So it's obvious Palin's vapid little head has gotten so big that she's planning a run for president in 2012 but I would love to know how she think she... more » heywhat: Why is she directing all her rage and hatred at Couric? I love how she throws insults at Couric whose only crime was asking her questions she should h... more » TheSometimesWhy: For those of you keeping track of these things, Ms. Palin is the cross-gendered, next generation of Ronald Reagan's ghost, all show, no go. Granted, ... more » TheBusinessGuy: Palin was surrounded by disloyal officers. Ahhhh, but the strawberries... #sarahpalin more » Mediahohoho: What's Wrong With Alaska more » gawkimo: I'm pretty sure the chief underminers of Sarah Palin's campaign was Sarah Palin's brain, mouth and world view. #sarahpalin more » Maxichamp: Her favorite books are middle school classics because those are the last books she's ever read. #sarahpalin more » Shadowlayer: The pigs were the bad guys, what does that says about her? #sarahpalin more » Jim Topoleski: "If those pigs beat the odds, so can I." She does know the pigs where an allegory for the communist movement right? That the fact that the pigs faces... more » -
#excuses
The Associated Press' Helpful List of Excuses For Not Visiting Your Family this Thanksgiving
If you're not already at the airport trying to smash your way to the front of a ticket line, you're probably not visiting relatives this Thanksgiving. You need an excuse besides "they are annoying." The AP has a bunch! More » -
#goingrogue
Sarah Palin's Historical Fiction Memoir: 10 Juicy Items from the Sneak Peeks
Sarah Palin has bestowed the immeasurable honor of Going Rogue's first read to the Associated Press. (Greta van Susteren cried into her pillow, we hear.) Between that and a handful of leaks, here are the juiciest tidbits and omissions. (Updated)
More »
-
#nerdery
Fake AP Stylebook on Twitter: Because real grammar geeks dig linguistic satire. (via)
-
#perjury
Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
Contemporary artist Shepard Fairey got sued by the Associated Press for not meeting Fair Use standards when using their photo of Barack Obama as the inspiration for his infamous "Hope" poster. And now he's fessing up: Fairey lied in court. More » -
#badideas
AP's Betting the Farm Microsoft Will Crush Google
The Associated Press, self-declared enemy of internet evildoers, says it has seen some awesome new Microsoft search technology — top secret stuff — that will return its content to a position of total world domination. Google is so history. More » -
#fail
AP's Notes on Roman Polanski's Arrest Leak Onto News Wires Everywhere
Will Roman Polanski be extradited? Is he a misunderstood artist, or a rapist who should rot? Questions! But none as interesting as how the AP's notes for the story landed on the pages of Forbes and the New York Times.
More »
-
#printisdead
If AP Can't Beat the Google Spammers, It Will Join Them
Ever clicked on some high-ranked Google result, only to land on a useless page of links, obviously created by spam software? Infuriating. Well, prepare to be maddened further; the Associated Press, avowed hater of the internet, will spam Google too. More » -
#associatedmess
The Associated Press Wants Your Plane Crash Porn
Ardent defender of their words and content, the Associated Press is now taking their talk to the streets! Where are their photo editors are trolling for pictures of today's crash these days? More » -
-
#copyfight
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
Huzzah: A president at newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More » -
#copyfight
You Must Pay AP to Quote Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's compositions are in the public domain, but Boing Boing discovered the AP's licensing system demands $12 to quote 26 of the American statesman's words. To think the wire service only began tinkering with ridiculous fees last year. Innovative! -
#modernandawkward
Associated Press vs. British Bureaucrats: Who's More Uptight about Twitter?
A British bureaucrat has published a guide to Twitter etiquette and strategy, intended for use throughout the government. The stiff, formal document about a casual microblogging service is generating worldwide headlines, but it's hardly the first of its kind. More » -
#mediawars
Online News Theft a Truly Teeny-Tiny Problem
The Wall Street Journal is up in arms about it; the Associated Press is building a robot army to fight it. But it turns out online news piracy is at most a $250 million-per-year problem. Just how small is that? More » -
#printisdead
AP to Finally Invent Indexing of Text on Internet
This is great: The Associated Press is going to set up a "news registry," so it can finally tell where its text content is, on the internet. What a fresh concept! But the revolution doesn't end there. More » -
#memos
AP Tells Reporters To Muzzle Facebook Friends
Someone sent us the Associated Press' guidelines for staff social networking and, in keeping with company tradition, they're on the paranoid side. You should probably read them, since basically everyone in the world must now follow them. More » -
#censorship
Is the Associated Press Aiding Iranian Censorship?
Trying to report from a country like Iran under state-mandated censorship is hard. The Associated Press is making it harder by caving to the demands of the Iranian regime and refusing to allow its Iranian subscribers to use this photo. More » -
#journalismism
AP Spanks Reporter for Patently True Facebook Post
Richard Richtmyer is in trouble with his bosses at the Associated Press for something he wrote on Facebook. Did he burn a source? Trash a story subject? Worse: He mildly criticized one of AP's hundreds of members. More » -
#printisdead
How to Pry Money Out of Google
The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More » -
#scandal
John Edwards Affair Hits Big Time
John Edwards' philandering has gone federal. It might soon hit the courts. And to think just last summer the scandal was penny ante: stuck in the tabloid swamps, save for a disappointing ABC finale.
More »
-
#fromthemailbag
Save Your Newspaper: Don't Let Anyone Cancel
The chairman of the Associated Press says he's "mad as hell" at people who don't pay for news. Is that why his newspaper is reportedly impossible to cancel? More » -
#shutupinternet
The AP's War on the Web Reaches New Heights of Incompetence
The Associated Press wants to be the Internet's content sheriff—as soon as it figures out how it works. It demanded a radio station in Tennessee take down videos embedded from the AP's own YouTube channel. More »
