The Associated Press has fired reporter James LaPorta for attempting to spark World War 3 by falsely blaming Russia for the Ukrainian missile attack in Poland.
Five days after the Associated Press cited an anonymous ‘senior US intelligence official’ in a fake story that claimed a Russian missile killed two Polish civilians, one of the two reporters behind the story was abruptly fired.
Zerohedge.com reports: 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.
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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?).
AP later retracted the story, and issued the following correction which pinned blame on the anonymous intelligence official;
In earlier versions of a story published November 15, 2022, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity, that Russian missiles had crossed into Poland and killed two people. Subsequent reporting showed that the missiles were Russian-made and most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.
According to Mediaite, AP requires two sources for confirmation on this type of reporting when both are anonymous. No word on who edited the piece or what their fate might be.
On Monday, the Daily Beast reported that LaPorta had been sacked for erroneous reporting, while Leicester has, as of this writing, kept his job with the wire service.
Remember when AP cited anonymous US intelligence officials to suggest that ZeroHedge was spreading Russian disinformation? Same energy, and wouldn’t be the first time ‘anonymous officials’ turned out to be bullshit.
Meanwhile on James LaPorta’s Twitter feed…
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
Never trust anyone He just submitted a story. He wasn’t the editor and he wasn’t any other people. He should have worded it more cautiously and been less sensationalist But journalism is just a whore generally speaking whose job is to make money for their owners. They should all be on a fixed income and paid for their reliability. They should have job security so they aren’t tempted by sponsors.
Joe’s not ready for full-scale World War as Joe Biden and his Democrats-RINO’s need fresh bodies so in January we may see talk of the Military Draft that will soak-up some of the homeless, like what happened in 1939 when the FDR administration started to draft-conscript 30 year old men.
draft ? Comical. MIC doesn’t have the balls to conscript. There would be such a revolt that America’s bs would be exposed. More U.S. lies to promote war. As in the Gulf of Tonkin lies and 911 lies. WE the people are on to your bs to cash in on war. But the zionist media are always ready to push for war.
one of the speakers (Scarlett Lewis) at the upcoming DealBook Summit on November 30, 2022, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. E.S.T. is one of the people who sued Alex Jones
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