AP last year released guidelines saying journalists shouldn’t focus on property destruction when BLM was burning cities. Now that Israel is destroying buildings w/ AP offices (and Hamas military assets) after given warning, guess what? - Kotaku In Action 2

AP last year released guidelines saying journalists shouldn’t focus on property destruction when BLM was burning cities. Now that Israel is destroying buildings w/ AP offices (and Hamas military assets) after given warning, guess what? (twitter.com)

posted 3 years ago by YesMovement 3 years ago by YesMovement +75 / -2

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– AntonioOfVenice 30 points 3 years ago +30 / -0

Funny that AP is sharing a building with Hamas.

Birds of a feather...

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– YesMovement [S] 27 points 3 years ago +27 / -0

https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1393671038756704264

AP CEO: "AP’s bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building. This is something we actively check to the best of our ability. We'd never knowingly put our journalists at risk."

https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1393689363515465733

“Journalism so good we didn’t even know Hamas was operating out of our building, but please still trust our reporting on Hamas” - AP news

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– UnsubtleAardvark 6 points 3 years ago +6 / -0

You know you're fucked when the best case scenario for your actions is years of extreme incompetence.

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