{"id":1212,"date":"2022-11-23T14:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2022-11-23T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:35:20","slug":"false-ap-report-about-russian-missiles-hitting-poland-couldve-triggered-wwiii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/false-ap-report-about-russian-missiles-hitting-poland-couldve-triggered-wwiii\/paul-crespo\/2022\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"False AP Report About Russian Missiles Hitting Poland Could\u2019ve Triggered WWIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Last week the world was hit by the purported news of a Russian missile strike into NATO member country, Poland.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now the award-winning AP reporter who wrote it has been fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based only on a single, unnamed \u2018senior U.S. intelligence official,\u2019 the initial Associated Press (AP) story by James LaPorta,&nbsp;a former U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan,&nbsp;was widely disseminated and quickly caused a barrage of other reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of it was alarmist and panic-causing, with many in the news media and blogosphere quickly demanding harsh action against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Blaze&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/associated-press-reporter-canned-over-report-suggesting-russia-had-launched-a-missile-into-a-nato-country?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20221122SponsoredTrending-RevelationMedia&amp;utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Fox News and the Daily Mail similarly carried the AP reporter&#8217;s suggestion, the former running a piece entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russian-missiles-cross-nato-member-poland-kill-2-senior-us-intelligence-official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian missiles cross into NATO member Poland, kill 2: senior US intelligence official<\/a>,&#8221; and the latter stating, &#8220;&#8216;Russian bombs&#8217; kill two in POLAND.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CBS Evening News tweeted &#8220;RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE: Two Russian missiles crossed over the Ukrainian border into Poland, a NATO country, killing two civilians.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE: Two Russian missiles crossed over the Ukrainian border into Poland, a NATO country, killing two civilians. Ukraine\u2019s president says the world \u201cmust act\u201d and the head of NATO called for an emergency meeting for tomorrow morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VeR8sWjEqF\">pic.twitter.com\/VeR8sWjEqF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSEveningNews\/status\/1592665814678659072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Russian attack on Poland could have triggered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/why-are-nato-articles-4-and-5-being-discussed-after-the-blast-in-poland\/ar-AA149uhb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">articles 4 and 5<\/a>\u00a0of the NATO charter, potentially putting the U.S. into direct conflict with nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 4 requires full consultation at the North Atlantic Council, the alliance\u2019s political decision-making body, while Article 5 requires joint NATO action to repel an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As MSN explains: \u201cArticle 5 states that the parties to the NATO treaty \u2018agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 5 also states that each NATO member must take \u201csuch action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This of course would make the U.S. a direct combatant in this war and could escalate to a nuclear exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, I wrote about the \u2018errant\u2019 strike the same day, albeit in more careful ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/defense-news\/escalation-in-russia-ukraine-war-leads-to-emergency-crisis-meeting\/pcrespo\/2022\/11\/\">headline<\/a>\u00a0was more matter-of-fact and far less alarming, and it didn\u2019t mention a direct Russian missile strike: \u201cEscalation in Russia-Ukraine War Leads to Emergency Crisis Meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the piece I did note the ramifications of any foreign missiles crashing into Poland, writing: \u201cIn what might be the greatest (albeit perhaps accidental) escalation since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/russia\/\"><strong>Russia<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;invaded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/ukraine\/\"><strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/a>, the war just crossed the border into a NATO country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, yes, I like to say \u2018albeit.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/defense-news\/escalation-in-russia-ukraine-war-leads-to-emergency-crisis-meeting\/pcrespo\/2022\/11\/\">added<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>According to&nbsp;a senior U.S. intelligence official, as Russia pounded Ukraine\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/energy\/\"><strong>energy<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;facilities Tuesday with the largest barrage of missile strikes to date, some reportedly \u2018stray\u2019 Russian missiles crossed into NATO member&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/poland\/\"><strong>Poland<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;struck a site in Poland about 15 miles from the Ukrainian border.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The allegedly errant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/strike\/\"><strong>strike<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;killed two persons in the Polish village of&nbsp;Przewod\u00f3w and provoked an emergency crisis meeting of Poland\u2019s national security team, which will be held Tuesday evening.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>While I did refer to a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman who said Russia used X-101 and X-555\u00a0cruise missiles\u00a0in the latest attacks against Ukraine, and reports that expressed the belief that \u201cone or more of these cruise missiles were the ones that\u00a0struck Poland,\u201d I was very careful in how I reported all this.<br><br>Note the extensive use of the words \u201caccidental,\u201d \u201callegedly,\u201d \u201creportedly,\u201d \u201cerrant,\u201d and \u201cstray\u201d missiles in my report. I also explained that the incident had provoked an \u201cemergency crisis meeting\u201d in Poland.<br><br>The rest of my piece focused on the confirmed, massive Russian barrage of missile strikes against Ukrainian energy and infrastructure targets throughout the country.<br><br>In the end it appears that the missile that struck Poland was a Russian-made Ukrainian air defense missile that missed its mark and fell back to earth rather than self-destructs.<br><br>And even after its country of manufacture was known, outlets like CNN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/11\/17\/russian-missile-poland-correction\/\">kept calling<\/a>\u00a0it a \u2018Russian-made missile\u2019 without adding that Ukraine uses lots of Russian-made missiles.<br><br>Of course, in my view, Russia is still to blame for this, albeit indirectly, since no one would be firing armed missiles near a NATO country if it weren\u2019t for the unprovoked Russian invasion, and its reckless and dangerous strikes near NATO\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blaze added that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>After having updated the initial report several times, the AP indicated [November 16] that a new assessment from three U.S. officials &#8220;contradicts information&#8221; in the original article. Shortly thereafter, the article was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/11\/17\/russian-missile-poland-correction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;taken offline.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The AP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-kherson-9202c032cf3a5c22761ee71b52ff9d52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a retraction<\/a>&nbsp;later that day\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On Nov. 21, LaPorta was fired.<br><br>But let\u2019s use this incident as a teachable moment.\u00a0<br><br>Lesson one &#8211; as sophisticated news consumers, be circumspect with the news you read until it is fully verified.<br><br>Lesson two &#8211; be wary of reports using only one or two anonymous sources.<br><br>And lesson three \u2013 journalists, and social media posters, should use words like \u2018reportedly\u2019 a lot more, and make it clear that there is room for doubt or questions when the reports are still fresh and early.<br><br>The most important rule I\u2019ve learned in journalism, and in intelligence, and also during my stint on Wall Street, is that &#8211; it\u2019s never as good (or as bad) as first reported.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS \u2013 Last week the world was hit by the purported news of a Russian missile strike into NATO member country, Poland.\u00a0 And now the award-winning AP reporter who wrote it has been fired. Based only on a single, unnamed \u2018senior U.S. intelligence official,\u2019 the initial Associated Press (AP) story by James LaPorta,&nbsp;a former U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[294,182,150,151],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-false-reporting","tag-paul-crespo","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>False AP Report About Russian Missiles Hitting Poland Could\u2019ve Triggered WWIII - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/false-ap-report-about-russian-missiles-hitting-poland-couldve-triggered-wwiii\/paul-crespo\/2022\/11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"False AP Report About Russian Missiles Hitting Poland Could\u2019ve Triggered WWIII - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANALYSIS \u2013 Last week the world was hit by the purported news of a Russian missile strike into NATO member country, Poland.\u00a0 And now the award-winning AP reporter who wrote it has been fired. 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