Backstory on AP - Drudge Retort Issue

This is propaganda created and spread by The Associated Press. The Media Bloggers Association has ties to A.P. This is who the A.P. has said they've been talking to about the correct way to move forward, doesn't represent anybody real, much less all bloggers. This site has a grand total of <i>18</i> back links in Technorati, which I find more than suspicious considering they're supposedly a consortium of bloggers that is able to represent the entire blogosphere.<p>It's smoke and mirrors, and it's been making the rounds on all the social media sites today. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/18/something-is-rotten-in-denmark-the-ap-nytimes-and-mba-love-triangle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/18/something-is-rotten-in-...</a>

TechCrunch - Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned<p>I wonder if this still holds true being that this blog post is correct.

This seems like a very sensible, logical, and simple explanation in the face of the blogosphere's temper tantrum.

even if this is true - it still doesn't condone what the AP is doing as a response