The AP sounds like CBS sounds like CNN sounds like the AP?

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It seems like everytime I open the newspaper, turn on the radio or watch TV news it is as if everyone is just reading off the AP ticket tape. Has the entire world outsourced their news departments to the AP? Even NPR is reading AP articles verbaitim.

Well I guess not everyone is outsourcing to the AP... The New York Times reports that CBS may start farming out news opperations to CNN.


CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting


Published: April 8, 2008


"CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN, two executives briefed on the matter said Monday."

Read the whole story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/media/08cbs.html?_r=1&oref=sl...

More bad new about news.


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