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AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Teaser4(m): 9:06am On Nov 23, 2022
When The Associated Press wrote last week that Russia had struck a village in Poland with a missile, fears quickly rose the event would escalate the Ukraine-Russia war into an even bigger conflict.

But it soon appeared that Russia did not fire the missile. And one of the journalists behind the article is now no longer at the news organization.

The reporter, James LaPorta, who had worked at The A.P. since April 2020, had provided information that Russia was to blame from a single U.S. intelligence source. The A.P. used that information in a news alert: “A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.”

The significance of the alleged event was immediately apparent: It could escalate the war.

The information was soon proven wrong. The NATO secretary general and Polish officials said the explosion was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air-defense missile that was fending off a Russian attack and went off course.


The A.P. corrected the article the next day, stating that the erroneous report was “based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity.”

The correction said: “Subsequent reporting showed that the missiles were Russian-made and most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.”

In a response to questions about Mr. LaPorta, Lauren Easton, a spokeswoman for The A.P., said in a statement, “When our standards are violated, we must take the steps necessary to protect the integrity of the news report. We do not make these decisions lightly, nor are they based on isolated incidents.”

Mr. LaPorta declined to comment for this article.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Mr. LaPorta thanked “the multitude of journalists, editors and long-time readers that have reached out to me with words of encouragement and kindness. It sincerely means the world.”

Mr. LaPorta covered national security and the U.S. military for The A.P. He previously worked as a reporter for Newsweek, Frontline PBS, United Press International and the Daily Beast. He is a Marine Corps veteran and served in the Afghanistan war. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a military adviser for the NBC show “This Is Us.”

The news of Mr. LaPorta’s departure from The A.P. was reported earlier by The Daily Beast

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/business/media/ap-reporter-poland-russia-missile.amp.html

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Teaser4(m): 9:13am On Nov 23, 2022
When we told y’all western cry babies that most western media, report fake news and spread lies effortlessly, y’all think say na joke Abi.

I’m glad AP acted promptly on this matter, the weyreh could have start a world war with his fingers, I hope cnn will learn from AP and clean their yard too, cos na dem be the HQ of Fake news.

I’m surprised no one get fired after the ghost of kyiv myth was bursted.

Western medias and fake news are like conjoined twins

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by money121(m): 9:39am On Nov 23, 2022
Ok
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by SenatorNG(m): 9:39am On Nov 23, 2022
Teaser4:
When we told y’all western cry babies that most western media, report fake news and spread lies effortlessly, y’all think say na joke Abi.

I’m glad AP acted promptly on this matter, the weyreh could have start a world war with his fingers, I hope cnn will learn from AP and clean their yard too, cos na dem be the HQ of Fake news.

I’m surprised no one get fired after the ghost of kyiv myth was bursted.

Western medias and fake news are like conjoined twins

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Houseofglam7(f): 9:39am On Nov 23, 2022
undecided
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by bestman09(m): 9:39am On Nov 23, 2022
shocked
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by chukstino: 9:40am On Nov 23, 2022
Ok
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Brendaniel: 9:40am On Nov 23, 2022
Same associated press that helped Biden win election.

Evil politicians using propaganda through the media like Tinubu

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Felabrity: 9:40am On Nov 23, 2022
No go start world war by mistake

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Nobody: 9:41am On Nov 23, 2022
Teaser4:
When we told y’all western cry babies that most western media, report fake news and spread lies effortlessly, y’all think say na joke Abi.

I’m glad AP acted promptly on this matter, the weyreh could have start a world war with his fingers, I hope cnn will learn from AP and clean their yard too, cos na dem be the HQ of Fake news.

I’m surprised no one get fired after the ghost of kyiv myth was bursted.

Western medias and fake news are like conjoined twins

Well, Ukraine won't have fired the missile if Russia had not been bombing Ukraine like the Americans bombed Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel bombs the palestinans...

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Don't back a side in this war.

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Opinedecandid(m): 9:41am On Nov 23, 2022
Hazards of work

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Seequadry(m): 9:42am On Nov 23, 2022
Lol....
It could be Russia and it could also be ukrain... America sef fit run am....

All I know is, someone is not telling us the truth..

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by stano2(m): 9:42am On Nov 23, 2022
Wahala
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Nobody: 9:43am On Nov 23, 2022
Na so dem report say Messi don scatter Saudi Arabia
as I on my tv na different result I see

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by GardenOfGod(m): 9:43am On Nov 23, 2022
Good to sack him immediately. If in Nigeria, he would have been promoted to a more higher position. Nigeria needs healing ASAP!

VOTE FOR PERTER OBI

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by harmargedon: 9:43am On Nov 23, 2022
grin

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by jcross19: 9:43am On Nov 23, 2022
Teaser4:
When The Associated Press wrote last week that Russia had struck a village in Poland with a missile, fears quickly rose the event would escalate the Ukraine-Russia war into an even bigger conflict.

But it soon appeared that Russia did not fire the missile. And one of the journalists behind the article is now no longer at the news organization.

The reporter, James LaPorta, who had worked at The A.P. since April 2020, had provided information that Russia was to blame from a single U.S. intelligence source. The A.P. used that information in a news alert: “A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.”

The significance of the alleged event was immediately apparent: It could escalate the war.

The information was soon proven wrong. The NATO secretary general and Polish officials said the explosion was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air-defense missile that was fending off a Russian attack and went off course.


The A.P. corrected the article the next day, stating that the erroneous report was “based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity.”

The correction said: “Subsequent reporting showed that the missiles were Russian-made and most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.”

In a response to questions about Mr. LaPorta, Lauren Easton, a spokeswoman for The A.P., said in a statement, “When our standards are violated, we must take the steps necessary to protect the integrity of the news report. We do not make these decisions lightly, nor are they based on isolated incidents.”

Mr. LaPorta declined to comment for this article.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Mr. LaPorta thanked “the multitude of journalists, editors and long-time readers that have reached out to me with words of encouragement and kindness. It sincerely means the world.”

Mr. LaPorta covered national security and the U.S. military for The A.P. He previously worked as a reporter for Newsweek, Frontline PBS, United Press International and the Daily Beast. He is a Marine Corps veteran and served in the Afghanistan war. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a military adviser for the NBC show “This Is Us.”

The news of Mr. LaPorta’s departure from The A.P. was reported earlier by The Daily Beast

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/business/media/ap-reporter-poland-russia-missile.amp.html
APC government should hire the journalist as soon as possible so that the journalist can help lai Mohammed to spread fake news....

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by tishbite41(m): 9:44am On Nov 23, 2022
Motherland Russia
grin grin grin grin grin grin
Why them no sack the ones wey lie about Iraq

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Triangles1(m): 9:47am On Nov 23, 2022
They should keep firing till it backfire.
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Winters23: 9:48am On Nov 23, 2022
Serves him right


It was a deliberate attempt to plunge the world into chaos

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by VeryWickedGoat: 9:48am On Nov 23, 2022
He should be killed.
He potentially tried to start a World War that could have killed & displaced billions of people worldwide.

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by blackboy(m): 9:48am On Nov 23, 2022
The U.S. and NATO fed us the lie we all now believe.

That was a Russian missile and attack mistakenly or on purpose targeted Poland.

The news we believe is true is to save face of NATO and Russia.

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by MANNABBQGRILLS: 9:50am On Nov 23, 2022
Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by sofeo(m): 9:50am On Nov 23, 2022
Ooppps
Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by 9jaBloke: 9:50am On Nov 23, 2022
There should be more severe penalties for near-fatal errors like this.

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by frankson1(m): 9:51am On Nov 23, 2022
Aoeil:
Na so dem report say Messi don scatter Saudi Arabia
as I on my tv na different result I see





cheesy cheesy cheesy una no go leave Argentina alone grin

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Nobody: 9:52am On Nov 23, 2022
Propaganda went wrong. This one has been made a scapegoat. It's interesting to see how US propaganda has been failing in Russia. Everyone can see through the ruse. First was the claim that Russia was planning a chemical attack on Ukrainian civilians. These were the same claims NATO used to justify the bombing of Iraq, Syria, and Libya.

They first claim the government is getting desperate and planning a chemical attack. The government denies these claims but the chemical attack happens anyway and the government denies responsibility and even offers the UN to inspect its chemical weapons stock. But NATO (which is responsible for the chemical attacks) refuses the inspection offer, insists the government did it, and use it to justify attacks on government forces.

Russia, knowing all the tricks in NATO's arsenal, realized NATO was planning a chemical attack when they started making noise about an impending Russian chemical attack. Russia raided a chemical lab in Mariupol where the US and Ukraine were preparing chemical weapons to use on Ukrainian civilians and blame Russia. Ukraine and the US denied ownership of the lab, but the noise they were making about Russia planning to use chemical weapons on Ukrainian civilians ended after that.

Now, they wanted to create another false flag operation by claiming Russia fired a missile into Poland but that too has backfired. Ukraine and the US deliberately fired the missile into Poland. Or how in the name of God did a missile trying to shoot down a Russian missile ended up in Ukraine? Poland is to the west of Ukraine and Russia is to the east. Is the so-called air-defense missile not supposed to travel east, toward the direction of the Russian missile? How did it end up traveling west? How did it end up on a random farm and not a bush?

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by CheapHomes1: 9:52am On Nov 23, 2022
But his editor approved the story

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Re: AP Journalist Behind The Report Of A Russian Missile In Poland Has Been Fired by Topmaike007(m): 9:53am On Nov 23, 2022
Wow

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