FLASHBACK: Former Associated Press Writer Explains How Outlet Helps Hamas Craft Anti-Israel Narratives

As the media engages in the latest round of blaming Israel solely for the conflict in Gaza, it is a good time to remember what members of the media have admitted in the past about the way “journalists” cover this story.

On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza that, among other businesses, housed The Associated Press’ Gaza Bureau, as well as office space for other media outlets, including the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera. Israel says the building was used by terrorist organization Hamas to house military intelligence offices and more. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt claimed on Saturday that the outlet was “shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza,” implying they may have been the target rather than Hamas. On that same day, Pruitt claimed the AP “had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building” and said such a suggestion “is something we actively check to the best of our ability” because the outlet “would never knowingly put our journalists at risk.”