Is this what passes for journalism? (vanity: AP story on Roman Polanski's arrest)

AP ^ | 9/27/2009 | ak267

[ak267]

Posters's Note: This is from the ACTUAL AP newsrelase!!

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OK, can you do some more probing? New York will want to know

frank's out today.

i checked already, and so did zurich. they say the question is irrelevant. he answered me with the quote i used, about we knew when he was coming this time. he's been here many times in the past, we think.

thx brad. aptn is aware, but unfortunately won't make it in time, but is hoping to catch tail end.

i'm pushing out another writethru with some more background details before press conference.

no surprise, new york is really hot on this.

they particularly want to know why now. (has he never set foot in switzerland before?) sheila, theorizes that's because they're under intense pressure over ubs and want to throw the U.S. a bone, but can yo ucheck with justice department sources there?

is frank around too, or are you alone?

u can tell aptn press conf 1700 (15 gmt) in bern at the parliament

i'll watch it live on internet

[ak267]

Is this really journalism or are they now down to posting glorified text messages????? Sheeesh. Dino Media deathwatch (TM).

[Dianna]

Your link has a real story posted now. Posted notes accidentally maybe instead of the written copy?

[La Lydia]

Polanski’s Knife in the Water is one of the worst films I have ever seen.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Apparently someone posted notes by mistake. They have replaced it with a story now. I’m glad you preserved it before it went down the memory hole.

[jiggyboy]

Third waste of bandwidth today.