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Re:AP fired reporter after dangerous blunder. Slack chats re... by defrost on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:45PM (#33713625)
It started with commonplace entry level potential story journalism.

The reporter literally passed on a tip that missiles (alleged to be Russian type missiles) had landed in Poland (true).

He also passed on that this came from a previously vetted source (also true).

After this point the story was literally in the hands of the editorial staff.

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Re:AP fired reporter after dangerous blunder. Slack chats re... by sundvor on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:22AM (#33715872)
Lisa: "Can we report from that or do we need confirmation from another source".

James: "That call is above my pay grade" + "I'm at a doctor's appointment".

Zeina says "source is vetted".

Newsflash sent. Then later retracted.

Laporta fired.

Just flabbergasting.

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