False Russia Report Forces the Associated Press to Reflect on Its Standards

Last week, the Associated Press sent out a news alert claiming that, according to a senior US intelligence official, Russia was responsible for a fatal missile strike in Poland. It would have been a severe escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and, given Poland’s NATO membership, might’ve prompted the alliance to wage a military response. However, the story—which the news organization had transmitted to thousands of others around the world—was a false alarm, with national security officials later saying that a single missile was fired by Ukrainian forces and had veered off course into a Polish village located near the border…. Read Full Article