Zero Hedge: AP Fires Reporter Who Risked Triggering WWIII With Polish Missile Misinformation
Five days after the Associated Press cited an anonymous 'senior US intelligence official' in a story that claimed a Russian missile killed two Polish civilians, one of the two reporters behind the story was fired.
Reporters James LaPorta (fired) and John Leichester (not fired) share the byline on the now-retracted report, which sparked an entire news cycle that included talk of invoking 'Article 5' - the mutual defense agreement between NATO members - and which would have obligated other members to engage in collective defense, aka WWIII.
As the day went on, President Biden popped out of a NATO / G7 briefing, and mumbled that "it's unlikely" the projectile was fired from Russia. NATO then chimed in, saying it was more likely that the missile was fired by Ukrainian forces in self-defense (or was it?).
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WNU Editor: The AP is the world's largest news wire service. What they report is important. I do not think this former AP reporter really understands how his "false" report almost put the world on the brink of a nuclear crisis. I also have to wonder what were his editor's were thinking. They must have approved this report.
One final note. Who was the anonymous US intelligence official who fed this AP reporter this false information? I would like to know who that person is.
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