The Associated Press tweeted yesterday: “Are you a dog owner? AP would like to talk to you for an article. Please email jnoveck@ap.org or call 212-621-7115.”
They deleted the tweet, according to their media relations director, because their reporter got “inundated with emails and calls.” Meanwhile, other fake journalists teased them:
hazing ritual? RT @ap: Are you a dog owner? AP would like to talk to you for an article. Please email jnoveck@ap.org or call 212-621-7115.
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
In the message I left the @ap, I made it clear that I am not a dog OWNER, per se, but a canine companion and caretaker
— Probably Mat Honan (@mat) April 18, 2012
Jill Abramson earnestly dialing the AP over and over
— Jessica Misener (@jessmisener) April 18, 2012
Are you a hologram? I would like to talk to you for an article.
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) April 18, 2012
Are you? @horse_ebooks wants to talk to you for a story.
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) April 18, 2012
Obligatory meme about AP asking for dog owners: qkme.me/3ouscr
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) April 18, 2012
And if not for Twitter, WHERE WOULD WE FIND DOG OWNERS?
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) April 18, 2012
@buzzfeedben Theory: It’s the AP Twitter guy’s last day and he really, really hates Jocelyn Noveck
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
Are you a Girl? I’d like to speak to you for an article.
— Kevin Lincoln (@KTLincoln) April 18, 2012
Do you? Are you??? Therefore contact @ktlincoln for a big national article he’s writing
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
Tomorrow the AP will have an article about how many people will call a random number if they think they’ll be able to talk about their dog
— Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) April 18, 2012
Evidence the @ap dog tweet was earnest: the person whose info was listed wrote this: usatoday.com/life/televisio…
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
“Oh, I understand the intense emotions,” said Merrill Markoe, owner of four dogs
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
For AP Reporter, Dog Days Are Nothing New – NYT NEWS ALERT
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
“Joey Chestnut triumphantly cramming 66 hot dogs down his esophagus” – @ap Dog Correspondent Jocelyn Noveck newsok.com/article/307737…
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
“The city [is] populated with an assortment of unusual characters, including giant shaggy dogs” – vintage Noveck deseretnews.com/article/695225…
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) April 18, 2012
RT if you’re a dog, and on the internet no one knows you’re a dog, and you frankly wouldn’t mind being eaten
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) April 18, 2012
Going up to dog owners on the street, urging them to call the AP immediately
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) April 18, 2012
Confirmed: he’s not on twitter. RT @abc: Romney says election about “jobs not dogs” abcn.ws/JicESG
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) April 18, 2012
If you use Twitter, I’d like to talk to you for a story!
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) April 18, 2012
Hello I have a dog (I do not have a dog)post.ly/6pEvE
— Probably Mat Honan (@mat) April 18, 2012
I think it is safe to say that we are all looking forward to reading Jocelyn Noveck’s dog story, ya?
— Probably Mat Honan (@mat) April 18, 2012
And Newsweek’s Brian Ries retweeted a bunch of past AP dog-journalism tweets.
There’s a whole novelty account now:
Do you know anyone who knows how to use the drive-thru at McDonalds? If so the AP would like to talk to you about a story.
— The AP (@fake_AP) April 19, 2012
Butter or margarine? AP would like to talk to you for an article.
— The AP (@fake_AP) April 19, 2012
Are you a dog owner? AP would like to talk to you for an article (a different one from earlier).
— The AP (@fake_AP) April 19, 2012
Do you own a dog? Leave a comment about your dog! Email me your dog! Leave a comment about how I should have used Storify!
