The Associated Press scared much of the world last Tuesday when it alerted readers that “a senior U.S. intelligence official” said “Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.”
That report, which was widely cited across the internet and on cable news, was taken offline the following day and replaced with an editor’s note admitting the single source was wrong and that “subsequent reporting showed that the missiles were Russian-made and most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.”
On Monday, the AP fired James LaPorta, the investigative reporter responsible for that story, Confider has learned.
The piece, which was originally co-bylined with John Leicester (who is still working at the AP), attributed the information to a single “senior U.S. intelligence official,” despite the AP’s rule that it “routinely seeks and requires more than one source when sourcing is anonymous.”
The only exception, according to its statement of news values and principles, is when “material comes from an authoritative figure who provides information so detailed that there is no question of its accuracy”— a situation that seemingly did not occur, as the report was fully retracted last Wednesday.
I wonder who that might have been. Discussion here.
Could be worse:
– 8 year genocide
– Russian language is banned
– NATO promised not to expand east
– the referendums were legit
– 2014 was a western coup
– Ukraine is overrun by nazis
Fed up Polish politician calls out Ukrainian leaders for attempting to goad NATO into war with staged missile attack
“Of course, this is a Ukrainian rocket. Of course, this is a provocation on the part of the Ukrainian authorities,” Pakula posted on his Facebook page.
“The rocket could not be fired 100km in the opposite direction by mistake,” he continued,
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-11-19-polish-politician-calls-out-ukraine-attempting-goad-nato-into-war.html
He’s someone who has belatedly realized that this is not his war and trying to make it thus leads to something very bad. Pity he couldn’t have seen this in February, but better late than never I suppose.
“Fed up Polish politician …”
“Jaroslaw Pakula, the former chairman of the city council. ” of a city the size of Markham Ontario, who appears to no longer hold any public office.
LOL a real heavy hitter.
Meanwhile back in the real world, Poland firmly stands behind Ukraine both the government and opposition. Public opinion is pretty much unanimous too.
They desperately need to change the channel…
They are failing…
Because they are really stupid…
You tried to kill 99% of mankind…
You are at war against all of us and our creator God…
Fools…
I am afraid for my friends in the USA…
What’s bigger than 911…
Whatever it will be…
it will be under Obama’s watch…
The man behind the Brandon curtain…
What’s bigger than 911? 1011. Otherwise your post makes no sense.
AP firing a reporter for not following their rules on quoting anonymous sources to cover up the fact that the AP has no rules on quoting anonymous sources. If their anonymous source had reported that Donald Trump had fired the missile that struck Poland you can be sure the AP would have issued the usual “The AP stands by its reporting” statement.
This is not our war, no matter how much the government running things in Kiev wishes it were. For them, dragging NATO in is the only way they can ensure that the flow of arms and $US doesn’t dry up. For any part of NATO, backing away really quick is the only sane move. So of course, it is a move that our corrupt and foolish leadership won’t make.
It still makes me think of Robert Shaw’s character in Battle of the Bulge. All excited, he says the war will go on and on and on and on. He’s real giddy like the CEO of General Dynamics.
History disagrees with you. See: Sudetenland, 1930s
History also disagrees with you. See: Serbia & Austria, 1914.
So Ukraine attacked a NATO country in a bid to expand a war. Article 5
Looking at a map, you’d see it was unlikely that it came from Russia