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March 19, 2011 06:28 am GMT
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The Pedants' Revolt: Does The AP's Killing Of E-Mail Mark A Worrying Escalation?
PHOENIX (TC) -- Solemnly they filed into the briefing room at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism: the journalists, the bloggers and those who tweet on behalf of celebrities. Only the scratching of nib against paper and the clicking of keys broke the unpropitious hush, as those in attendance prepared to record the announcement.And then, at the stroke of 2pm, the representatives of the Associated Press took to the stage. Total silence now. The calm before the bombshell: no less impactful for being anticipated."Daddy," generations of children as yet unborn will ask, "where were you when the Associated Press removed the hyphen from the word "~e-mail'?"Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HgOqYVtVcOY/
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