{"id":1748433,"date":"2022-11-22T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1748433"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:03:09","slug":"associated-press-reporter-fired-over-inaccurate-russian-missile-attack-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-reporter-fired-over-inaccurate-russian-missile-attack-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Press Reporter Fired Over Inaccurate Russian Missile Attack Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassociated-press-reporter-fired-over-inaccurate-russian-missile-attack-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1748433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/associated-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> has fired a reporter who broke a now-retracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-russian-missiles-fired-into-nato-member-poland-killing-two-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a> that claimed Russian-launched missiles had hit Poland, which would have been a major escalation of the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine-russia-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war in Ukraine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National security reporter James LaPorta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ap-fires-reporter-behind-retracted-russian-missiles-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost<\/a> his job with the news outlet after it corrected a November 15 article he co-wrote containing inaccurate information about the origin of errant missiles that killed two Polish farmers.<\/p>\n<p>On November 16, the AP said it <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-kherson-9202c032cf3a5c22761ee71b52ff9d52?taid=6373e1a578439d000178fba6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had<\/a> \u201creported 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta, an investigative reporter focusing on military and national intelligence, has had his work appear in outlets like The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and Newsweek, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The original story, co-written with John Leicester, cited a \u201csenior U.S. intelligence official\u201d who said Russia launched missiles that had hit Poland. The report instantly ignited speculation that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could turn into a more widespread war as Poland is a NATO member.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, world leaders, including President Joe Biden and Polish President Andrzej Duda, announced that the missiles were likely not part of a Russian attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is preliminary information that contests that,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/missile-that-struck-farm-in-poland-unlikely-to-have-been-fired-by-russia-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> while overseas when asked if the missile had been fired from Russia. \u201cIt is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/associated-press-fires-reporter-over-erroneous-story-on-russian-missile-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it seemed \u201chighly probable\u201d that the missiles came from Ukraine\u2019s air defenses and accidentally hit Poland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Biden and Duda urged caution, Ukrainian President Volodymyr\u00a0Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zelensky-almost-plunged-us-all-into-world-war-iii-again-enough-already\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quickly called<\/a> for NATO to act after the AP\u2019s original report. \u201cTerror is not limited to our national borders. Russian missiles hit Poland \u2014 NATO territory,\u201d the former comedian claimed. \u201cThis is a Russian missile attack on collective security \u2014 a very significant escalation. We must act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press did not directly respond to The Daily Beast, which first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ap-fires-reporter-behind-retracted-russian-missiles-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke<\/a> the story of LaPorta\u2019s firing, but instead emphasized its editorial standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rigorous editorial standards and practices of The Associated Press are critical to AP\u2019s mission as an independent news organization. To ensure our reporting is accurate, fair and fact-based, we abide by and enforce these standards, including around the use of anonymous sources,\u201d the wire service said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to internal communications from the AP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/11\/21\/james-laporta-associated-press-poland-russia-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewed<\/a> by The Washington Post, there was confusion about whether the article had been approved because of its reliance on one anonymous source, which had been used in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Post added that no editors had faced discipline over the incident. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press has fired a reporter who broke a now-retracted story that claimed Russian-launched missiles had hit Poland, which would have been a major escalation of the ongoing war in Ukraine.\u00a0 National security reporter James LaPorta lost his job with the news outlet after it corrected a November 15 article he co-wrote containing inaccurate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1748436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1748433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1748436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}