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Mike 03

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3. Good for AP for that headline. "Norm-Shattering" will disabuse anyone who

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 09:43 AM

Apr 1

doesn't really understand how this is supposed to work that these actions are highly unusual (and unacceptable).

There are a hundred ways to write that headline without giving the reader any understanding of how wrong this is. AP did it right!

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