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AP botches a story, reporters detect a conspiracy

By Becket Adams
Published February 18, 2017 12:00pm ET
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AP botches a story, reporters detect a conspiracy
President Donald Trump waves to Boeing employees, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in the final assembly building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, S.C. The president visited the plant where Boeing rolled out the first 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft from its assembly line. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) | Mic Smith

Members of the press have whispered for weeks about a scheme by the White House to discredit media by leaking bad information.

On Friday, after a major misfire from the Associated Press, those whispers turned into shouts.

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