Something that has always rubbed me the wrong way is a quote that precedes "told The Associated Press."<p>Pardon my colorful metaphor, but if this is an AP story, no shit.<p>At my last paper, we left those things in -- at the same time, we absolutely refused to use "told the Daily News-Record." The only time it came up was when a reporter had a one-on-one interview with (Virginia) Gov. Mark Warner. The consensus decision was that it didn't really matter to whom he gave the quote, so long as the quote was there for us to use.<p>At my current paper, I was told on day one to change every "told The Associated Press" to "said" (not to reopen an old thread). This seems reasonable, and it sometimes means an extra graf at the end of the AP story.<p>How do your papers handle such constructions?
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