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AP Style Fake News No Longer Funny

NEW YORK (AP) — Writers of parody news were saddened to learn Monday that merely writing their stories in the clipped, authoritative style of the Associated Press does not make them funny.
—AP Style Fake News No Longer Funny (Kuro5hin)

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