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An Associated Press reporter was fired after using an unnamed source when saying a Russian missile flew into Poland and killed two people, when it turned out to be false.

fired an investigative reporter who sent scare waves through the world after reporting that a senior U.S. intelligence official said Russian missiles flew over NATO territory and killed two people in Poland on Nov. 15, according to reports.

A day later, the AP issued a correction to the information put out by Investigative Reporter James LaPorta, saying they"reported erroneously, based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity, thatPolice officers work outside a grain depot where, according to the Polish government, an explosion of a Russian-made missile killed two people in Przewodow, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.

The Associated Press’s correction then went on to say subsequent reporting found the missiles, though Russian-made, were most likely fired by

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