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Bantustan and AP’s Word Count

AP could’ve cut down the word count by simply using the codeword, Bantustan: Under the 1990s interim accords that set up the Palestinian Authority and its disconnected islands of autonomy, the sides were supposed to…

Pesach Benson
April 24, 2012
12:00 am

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AP could’ve cut down the word count by simply using the codeword, Bantustan:

Under the 1990s interim accords that set up the Palestinian Authority and its disconnected islands of autonomy, the sides were supposed to reach a final peace deal within five years.

Sheesh.

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Tags: AP, Associated Press, bantustans

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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