AP: What year was it?

Via Dafydd at Big Lizards we find an article from AP that states:

Bleak data released overnight in the U.S. added to fears for the world’s largest economy. Auto sales plummeted, and a key measure of U.S. manufacturing activity hit its lowest level since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2002 terrorist attacks.

Below is a screen shot including the url of the page.

The pertinent paragraph is below the Tidal TV ad (I’ve highlighted it below).

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Is the AP from this planet?