Perhaps you could show them the Federal register article that states the Dept. of Commerce and NIST, not AP, are empowered to interpret the metric system for the United States. Then show them NIST SP330 and SP811.
________________________________ From: Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 11:13:05 PM Subject: [USMA:48019] RE: AP coverage of Hurrican Alex It’s nice that they are doing that, but I’m fighting with my company over internal news items that use “kph”. When I ask them why they are doing that, they say the “AP Stylebook says it’s OK.” Carleton From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 13:18 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:48006] AP coverage of Hurrican Alex All measurements in this report are dual units. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather Except for the kph in place of km/h, it is mostly correct and sensibly rounded. Has AP turned over a new leaf, or is this some scheme to sell articles to non-US media too?
