Associated Press slugs it out

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:31:06 -0400

We at Dome can sympathize with the Associated Press.

Much like our abbreviated headlines here on the blog, they only have so many words to get across the subject of a particular story in the slugs they use. So legislature becomes "XGR" and verbs are dropped.

But when they run a slug like this one, they have to figure folks might get the wrong idea:

AP-NC XGR MARY EASLEY DRINKING

Of course, the story is about the first lady's efforts to curb underage drinking, but they really had us there for a minute, didn't they?

Hat Tip: Charles Jeffries

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Associated Press slugs it out