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# Why the AP is no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories
- URL: https://werd.io/why-the-ap-is-no-longer-naming-suspects-in-minor/
- Published: 2021-06-16T03:29:21.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-16T03:29:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"These minor stories, which only cover an arrest, have long lives on the internet. AP’s broad distribution network can make it difficult for the suspects named in such items to later gain employment or just move on in their lives."

\[[Link](https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/why-were-no-longer-naming-suspects-in-minor-crime-stories)\]