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AP Apologizes for Firing Reporter Over WWII Scoop

John Johnson — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:11:07 CDT

As war scoops go, it was as big as they get: The AP's Ed Kennedy filed a story in May of 1945 saying, correctly, that Germany had surrendered. His reward? He got fired because he ignored what he thought was a misguided embargo. Nearly 70 years later, the news agency...

Syria Deliberately Targeted Journalists

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:00:00 CST

Syrian troops had vowed to shoot to kill Western reporters when an American and French journalist were targeted yesterday, according to sources. Troops pledged to "kill any journalist who set foot on Syrian soil," the press was warned, reports the Telegraph . Marie Colvin, 56, and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28,...

Media Can Kiss Military Access Goodbye

Kevin Spak — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:23:52 CDT

Journalists are going to have a much tougher job covering the war in Afghanistan in the wake of Stanley McChrystal's Rolling Stone debacle, senior National Journal correspondent James Kitfield predicts today. "There will be no embeds in Afghanistan in higher headquarters for quite a while," he tells NPR . "The trust...

Iraq, Afghan War Reporter Said to Be a Spy

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:45:41 CDT

A war correspondent whose rescues in the Mideast have cost several lives is a spy for Washington, Gawker claims, declining to name names or reveal, for "blazingly obvious reasons," the sources for this report, except to say that they are current and former special forces troops. "We don't do that...