When both sources are anonymous, the AP, according to Mediaite, requires two sources for confirmation. Now, AP has fired a reporter who risked triggering WWIII with Polish missile misinformation.
Five days after the Associated Press referenced an anonymous 'senior US intelligence official' in a story claiming a Russian missile killed two Polish citizens, one of the two journalists behind the story was sacked.
The now-retracted report, which triggered a whole news cycle and included discussions of invoking "Article 5" - the mutual defense agreement between NATO members - and would have required other members to take part in collective defense, or WWIII - has the bylines of reporters James LaPorta (fired) and John Leichester.
James LaPorta (Twitter)
As the day progressed, President Biden emerged from a NATO/G7 session, mumbling that "it's unlikely" the projectile was shot from Russia. NATO then joined in, claiming that the missile was most probably launched in self-defen...
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