Associated Press

==Litigation and controversies==
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===Kidnapping of Tina Susman===
In 1994, [[Tina Susman]] was on her fourth trip to [[Somalia]], reporting for the AP. She was reporting on U.S. [[peacekeeping]] troops leaving the country. Somali rebels outnumbered her bodyguards in [[Mogadishu]],<ref name=Oprah>{{cite news|url=https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/adventurous-thinkers/all|title=Adventurous Thinkers|last=Burford|first=Michelle|publisher=O, The Oprah Magazine|date=July 2002|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203194721/https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/adventurous-thinkers/all|url-status=live}}</ref> dragged her from her car in broad daylight,<ref name=AJR>{{cite news|url=https://ajrarchive.org/Article.asp?id=1281&id=1281|title=When a Journalist is Kidnapped |date=September 1994|last=Callahan|first=Christopher|publisher=[[Philip Merrill College of Journalism]]}}</ref> and held her for 20 days. She told ''[[Quill (magazine)|The Quill]]'' that she believes being a woman was an advantage in her experience there.<ref name=Q02>{{cite news|url=https://www.quill.spjnetwork.org/2002/11/20/women-in-war-zones/|last=Dietrich|first=Heidi|title=Women in War Zones|publisher=The Quill|date=20 November 2002|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204191438/https://www.quill.spjnetwork.org/2002/11/20/women-in-war-zones/|url-status=live}}</ref> The AP had requested news organizations including ''The New York Times'', the ''[[Chicago Tribune]],'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' to suppress the story to discourage the emboldening of the kidnappers.<ref name=AJR/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/08/business/media-business-press-somalia-20-days-terror-lesson-for-journalists.html|title=In Somalia, 20 days of terror and a lesson for journalists|work=The New York Times|first=William|last=Glaberson|date=August 8, 1994|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=May 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521121732/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/08/business/media-business-press-somalia-20-days-terror-lesson-for-journalists.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Christopher Newton===
In September 2002, [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau reporter Christopher Newton, an AP reporter since 1994, was fired after he was accused of fabricating sources since 2000, including at least 40 people and organizations. Prior to his firing, Newton had been focused on writing about federal law-enforcement while based at the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]]. Some of the nonexistent agencies quoted in his stories included "Education Alliance", the "Institute for Crime and Punishment in Chicago", "Voice for the Disabled", and "People for Civil Rights".<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.slate.com/?id=2073304 |title=Fib Newton | date=October 29, 2002 | work=[[Slate.com]] |access-date=April 16, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508022026/http://www.slate.com/?id=2073304| archive-date=May 8, 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref>

===FBI impersonation case===
In 2007, an [[FBI]] agent working in Seattle impersonated an AP journalist and infected the computer of a 15-year-old suspect with a malicious surveillance software.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Mary Ann |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-associated-press-lawsuit-20150827-story.html |title=Associated Press sues after FBI impersonates journalist in sting operation |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 27, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101449/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-associated-press-lawsuit-20150827-story.html |archive-date=December 24, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="huff post">{{cite news |last=Reilly |first=Ryan |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-impersonate-ap-journalist_us_57dab3efe4b0071a6e05a3a7 |title=An FBI Agent Did A Pretty Terrible Job Of Pretending To Be A Journalist |work=HuffPost |date=September 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306211618/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-impersonate-ap-journalist_us_57dab3efe4b0071a6e05a3a7 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 }}</ref> The incident sparked a strongly worded statement from the AP demanding the bureau never impersonate a member of the news media again.<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Eric |url=https://apnews.com/920b9db9559442a18dcd05037e3093c4 |title=AP demands FBI never again impersonate journalist |work=Associated Press |date=November 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101310/https://apnews.com/920b9db9559442a18dcd05037e3093c4 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 }}</ref> In September 2016 the incident resulted in a report by the Justice Department, which the AP said "effectively condone[d] the FBI's impersonation".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Colford|first=Paul|date=September 15, 2016|title=AP statement on inspector general report|url=https://blog.ap.org/announcements/ap-statement-on-inspector-general-report|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Associated Press - Blog|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515130517/https://blog.ap.org/announcements/ap-statement-on-inspector-general-report|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="washington post">{{cite news|last=Wemple|first=Erik|date=September 15, 2016|title=Justice Department report 'effectively condone[s]' FBI impersonation incident|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/09/15/ap-justice-department-report-effectively-condones-fbi-impersonation-incident/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101226/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/09/15/ap-justice-department-report-effectively-condones-fbi-impersonation-incident/|archive-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017, following a US court appearance, a judge ruled in favor of the AP in a lawsuit against the FBI for fraudulently impersonating a member of the news media.<ref name="washington examiner">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Kelly |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/appeals-court-sides-with-associated-press-in-lawsuit-against-fbi/article/2643647 |title=Appeals Court sides with Associated Press in lawsuit against FBI |work=Washington Examiner |date=December 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101355/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/appeals-court-sides-with-associated-press-in-lawsuit-against-fbi/article/2643647 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="chiacagotribune">{{cite news |last=Gresko |first=Jessica |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us--fbi-impersonation-of-journalists-20171113-story.html |title=US court hears case involving impersonation of AP journalist |work=Chicago Tribune |date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101405/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us--fbi-impersonation-of-journalists-20171113-story.html |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2019 }}</ref>

=== Fair-use controversy ===
In June 2008, the AP sent numerous [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] take-down demands and threatened legal action against several [[blog]]s. The AP contended that the internet blogs were violating the AP's [[copyright]] by linking to AP material and using headlines and short summaries in those links. Many bloggers and experts noted that the use of the AP news fell squarely under commonly accepted internet practices and within [[fair use|fair-use]] standards.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4381 |title = AP's Fair Use Challenge (Harvard Law) |work = Berkman Center for Internet and Society |date = 2008-06-17 |access-date = 2014-06-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110512044752/http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4381 |archive-date = 2011-05-12 }}</ref> Others noted and demonstrated that the AP routinely takes similar excerpts from other sources, often without attribution or licenses. The AP responded that it was defining standards regarding citations of AP news.<ref>{{cite news |title = The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html | quote= The Associated Press...said that it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt without infringing on The A.P.'s copyright. | work =[[The New York Times]]| date = June 16, 2008 |access-date=2009-04-09 |first=Saul |last=Hansell| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090409031736/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html | archive-date= 9 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Shepard Fairey ===
In March 2009, the AP counter-sued artist [[Shepard Fairey]] over [[Obama HOPE poster|his famous image of Barack Obama]], saying the uncredited, uncompensated use of an AP photo violated [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright laws]] and signaled a threat to [[journalism]]. Fairey had sued the AP the previous month over his artwork, titled "Obama Hope" and "Obama Progress", arguing that he did not violate copyright law because he dramatically changed the image. The artwork, based on an April 2006 picture taken for the AP by [[Mannie Garcia]], was a popular image during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] and now hangs in the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C. According to the AP lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, Fairey knowingly "misappropriated The AP's rights in that image". The suit asked the court to award the AP profits made off the image and damages. Fairey said he looked forward to "upholding the [[Freedom of speech|free expression]] rights at stake here" and disproving the AP's accusations.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} In January 2011 this suit was settled with neither side declaring their position to be wrong but agreeing to share reproduction rights and profits from Fairey's work.<ref name=NPRFaireyvAPSettlement>{{cite news|last=Memmott|first=Mark|title=Shepard Fairey And AP Settle Copyright Dispute Over 'Hope' Poster|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/12/132860606/shepard-fairey-and-ap-settle-copyright-dispute-over-hope-poster|access-date=31 August 2012|work=NPR|date=11 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623172550/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/12/132860606/shepard-fairey-and-ap-settle-copyright-dispute-over-hope-poster|archive-date=23 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== All Headline News ===
In January 2008, the AP sued competitor [[All Headline News]] (AHN) claiming that AHN allegedly infringed on its copyrights and a contentious "quasi-property" right to facts.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schonfeld|first=Erick|title=Hot News: The AP Is Living In The Last Century|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022201243.html|date=February 22, 2009|access-date=April 25, 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604165028/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022201243.html|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last= Anderson | first= Nate | title= Who owns the facts? The AP and the "hot news" controversy | work= Ars Technica | url= https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/who-owns-the-facts-the-ap-and-the-hot-news-controversy.ars | access-date=June 14, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231024500/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/who-owns-the-facts-the-ap-and-the-hot-news-controversy.ars | archive-date=2011-12-31 | url-status= live }}</ref> The AP complaint asserted that AHN reporters had copied facts from AP news reports without permission and without paying a syndication fee. After AHN moved to dismiss all but the copyright claims set forth by the AP, a majority of the lawsuit was dismissed.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=The Associated Press v. All Headline News Corp.|vol=08|reporter=Civ.|opinion=323|court=United States District Court, Southern District of New York |date=February 17, 2009|url= https://www.scribd.com/doc/12637101/Decision-AP-Hot-News-Doctrine}}</ref> The case has been dismissed and both parties settled.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-06-15-Order%20of%20Dismissal.pdf |title=Citizen Media Law Project |access-date=June 4, 2014}}</ref>

===Hoax tweet and flash crash===<!-- [[AP Tweet Flash Crash of 2013]] and [[2013 Flash Crash]] redirect here -->
On April 23, 2013, hackers posted a tweet to AP's [[Twitter]] account about fictional attacks on the [[White House]], falsely claiming that President [[Barack Obama|Obama]] had been injured.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-04-23 |title=AP Twitter account hacked in fake 'White House blasts' post |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-21508660 |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref> The hoax caused a [[flash crash]] on the American stock markets, with the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average|Dow Jones index]] briefly falling by 143 points.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Heidi |last2=Roberts |first2=Dan |date=2013-04-23 |title=AP Twitter hack causes panic on Wall Street and sends Dow plunging |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/apr/23/ap-tweet-hack-wall-street-freefall |access-date=2023-08-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Justice Department subpoena of phone records===
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On May 13, 2013, the AP announced telephone records for 20 of their reporters during a two-month period in 2012, had been [[subpoenaed]] by the [[U.S. Justice Department]] and described these acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations.<ref name=TTSanchez>{{cite news |last=Sanchez |first=Raf |title=US Justice Department secretly seizes Associated Press phone records |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/10055318/US-Justice-Department-secretly-seizes-Associated-Press-phone-records.html |work=The Telegraph |access-date=May 15, 2013 |location=London |date=May 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514070630/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/10055318/US-Justice-Department-secretly-seizes-Associated-Press-phone-records.html |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=TG130513>{{cite news|title=US government secretly obtained Associated Press phone records|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/13/america-government-associated-press-phone-records|work=The Guardian|date=15 May 2013|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927231734/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/13/america-government-associated-press-phone-records|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The AP reported that the Justice Department would not say why it sought the records, but sources stated that the [[United States Attorney for the District of Columbia]]'s office was conducting a criminal investigation into a May 7, 2012 AP story about a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operation that prevented a terrorist plot to detonate an explosive device on a commercial flight.<ref name=RC-Ingram>{{cite news|last=Ingram|first=David|title=Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE94C0ZW20130513|work=Reuters Canada|access-date=15 May 2013|date=2013-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529084725/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE94C0ZW20130513|archive-date=29 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The DOJ did not direct subpoenas to the AP, instead going to their phone providers, including [[Verizon Wireless]].<ref name=verizonslate>{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Ryan |title=Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/16/verizon_wireless_passed_ap_reporters_phone_records_to_the_feds.html |work=Slate |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519142639/http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/16/verizon_wireless_passed_ap_reporters_phone_records_to_the_feds.html |archive-date=19 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[U.S. Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] testified under oath in front of the House Judiciary Committee that he recused himself from the leak investigations to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. Holder said his Deputy Attorney General, [[James M. Cole]], was in charge of the AP investigation and would have ordered the subpoenas.<ref name=nbcpolitics>{{cite news |last= Curry |first= Tom |title= Holder addresses AP leaks investigation, announces IRS probe |url= http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/14/18253923-holder-addresses-ap-leaks-investigation-announces-irs-probe |work= NBC News |access-date= 1 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130608041857/http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/14/18253923-holder-addresses-ap-leaks-investigation-announces-irs-probe |archive-date= 8 June 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===AP collaboration with Nazi Germany===
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The AP [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaborated]] with [[Nazi Germany]] and gave to it access to its photographic archives for its [[Antisemitism in Nazi propaganda|antisemitic]] [[Propaganda in Nazi Germany|Nazi propaganda]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Philip Oltermann |title=Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/associated-press-cooperation-nazis-revealed-germany-harriet-scharnberg |access-date=July 4, 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 30, 2016 |quote=AP also allowed the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]] to use its photo archives for its virulently [[Antisemitism in Nazi propaganda|antisemitic]] [[Propaganda in Nazi Germany|propaganda literature]]. Publications illustrated with AP photographs include the bestselling [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] brochure ''Der Untermensch'' ("The Sub-Human") and the booklet "The Jews in the USA", which aimed to demonstrate the decadence of [[Jewish Americans]] with a picture of New York mayor [[Fiorello La Guardia]] eating from a buffet with his hands.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://zeithistorische-forschungen.de/sites/default/files/medien/Druckausgabe/2016-1/ZF_1_2016_Scharnberg_en.pdf |title=Harriet Scharnberg, THE A AND P OF PROPAGANDA, Associated Press and Nazi Photojournalism |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=October 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020145848/https://zeithistorische-forschungen.de/sites/default/files/medien/Druckausgabe/2016-1/ZF_1_2016_Scharnberg_en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> AP also cooperated with the Nazi regime [[Censorship in Nazi Germany|through censorship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Associated Press Cooperated With The Nazis |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/title-of-article |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2016 |title=Revealed: How Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/associated-press-cooperation-nazis-revealed-germany-harriet-scharnberg |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

In 2017, the German historian Norman Domeier of the [[University of Vienna]] brought to wider attention the deal between the AP and the [[Government of Nazi Germany|Nazi government]] related to the interchange of press photos during the period in which [[Military history of the United States during World War II|the United States were at war with Nazi Germany]].<ref name="Rosenwald 2017">{{cite news |author-last=Rosenwald |author-first=Michael S. |date=10 May 2017 |title=The secret deal the Associated Press made with the Nazis during WWII |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/10/the-secret-deal-the-associated-press-made-with-the-nazis-during-wwii/ |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230091547/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/10/the-secret-deal-the-associated-press-made-with-the-nazis-during-wwii/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> This relationship involved the Bureau Laux, run by the [[Waffen-SS]] photographer [[Helmut Laux]].<ref name="Rosenwald 2017"/><ref name="Crary 2017">{{cite news |author-last=Crary |author-first=David |title=AP releases in-depth review of its coverage of Nazi Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-race-and-ethnicity-world-war-ii-germany-archive-7fb06e5ff1d94ed5859b5eeaf4f16b45 |access-date=13 July 2021 |publisher=Associated Press |date=May 10, 2017 |quote=With [[American entry into World War II|the U.S. entry into the war against Germany]] in December 1941, AP's American staff members were arrested and interned for five months before being deported in a [[prisoner exchange]]. The AP German picture service was seized, handed over to the [[Government of Nazi Germany|German Foreign Ministry]] and put under control of a [[Waffen-SS]] photographer, [[Helmut Laux]]. Most German former AP personnel were forced into Laux's operation; others were sent to military units.}}</ref>

The mechanism for this interchange involved a courier flying to [[Lisbon]] and back each day transporting photos from and for Nazi Germany's wartime enemy, the United States, via [[diplomatic pouch]]. The transactions were initially conducted at the AP bureau under Luiz Lupi in Lisbon, and from 1944, when the exchange via Lisbon took too long, also at the AP bureau in [[Stockholm]] under Eddie Shanke. Here, as a cover, the Swedish agency, {{Ill|Pressens Bild|sv}}, was involved as an intermediary. An estimated 40,000 photos were exchanged between the enemies in this way.<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Secret Photos. The Cooperation between Associated Press (AP) and Nazi Germany 1942–1945 |work=Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History 14 |date=2017 |author=Norman Domeier |title=GEHEIME FOTOS - Die Kooperation von Associated Press und NS-Regime (1942–1945) |url=http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/2-2017/id=5484}}</ref> The AP was kicked out of Nazi Germany when [[American entry into World War II|the United States entered World War II]] in December 1941.<ref name="Crary 2017"/>

===Israeli–Palestinian conflict===
In his book ''Broken Spring: An American-Israeli Reporter's Close-up View of How Egyptians Lost Their Struggle for Freedom'', former AP correspondent [[Mark Lavie]] claimed that the editorial line of the Cairo bureau was that the conflict was Israel's fault and the Arabs and Palestinians were blameless.<ref name=Friedman >{{cite news | last=Friedman |first=Matti |author-link=Matti Friedman | title = What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/3/ | access-date = 10 December 2014 | work = The Atlantic | date = 30 November 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141210143643/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/3/ | archive-date = 10 December 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=Lavie15>{{cite news |title= ''Broken Spring'' by Mark Lavie |url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/broken-spring-by-mark-lavie |access-date= 10 December 2014 |work= Times of Israel |date= 15 September 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141215104230/http://www.timesofisrael.com/broken-spring-by-mark-lavie/ |archive-date= 15 December 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Lavie14>{{cite news |last1 = Lavie |first1 = Mark |title = Why Everything Reported from Gaza is Crazy Twisted |url = http://www.thetower.org/article/why-everything-reported-from-gaza-is-crazy-twisted |access-date = 10 December 2014 |work = The Tower |date = August 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141210150516/http://www.thetower.org/article/why-everything-reported-from-gaza-is-crazy-twisted/ |archive-date = 10 December 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref> Israeli journalist [[Matti Friedman]] accused the AP of killing a story he wrote about the "war of words", "between Israel and its critics in human rights organizations", in the aftermath of the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Israel/Gaza conflict of 2008–09]].<ref name=Friedman/>

==== Tuvia Grossman photograph ====
On September 29, 2000, the first day of the [[Second Intifada]], the AP published a photograph of a badly bloodied young man behind whom a police officer could be seen with a baton raised in a menacing fashion; a gas station with Hebrew lettering could also be seen in the background.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=The pictures that are worth more than 1000 words|url=https://www.jpost.com/features/front-lines/the-pictures-that-are-worth-more-than-1000-words|access-date=September 30, 2021|work=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930220602/https://www.jpost.com/features/front-lines/the-pictures-that-are-worth-more-than-1000-words|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|title=This Week in Israeli History: Tuvia Grossman – The Bloodied "Palestinian," Bar Giora and Menachem Ussishkin|url=https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-tuvia-grossman-the-bloodied-palestinian-bar-giora-and-menachem-ussishkin-419484|access-date=September 30, 2021|work=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930220601/https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-tuvia-grossman-the-bloodied-palestinian-bar-giora-and-menachem-ussishkin-419484|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Markl|first=Florian|title="'Israel Threatens to Defend Itself': The Depiction of Israel in the Media". In Confronting Antisemitism through the Ages: A Historical Perspective (eds. Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Florian Markl)|publisher=De Gruyter|year=2021|location=Berlin, Boston|pages=473–474}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Beeson|first=Patrick|title="Photojournalism." In "Media Bias: Finding It, Fixing It."|publisher=McFarland & Co|year=2007|pages=184, 190}}</ref> The AP labelled it with the caption "An Israeli policeman and a Palestinian on the Temple Mount", and the picture and caption were subsequently published in several major American newspapers, including the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']] and the [[The Boston Globe|''Boston Globe'']].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> In reality, the injured man in the photograph was a Jewish yeshiva student from Chicago named [[Tuvia Grossman]], and the police officer, a Druze named Gidon Tzefadi, was protecting Grossman from a Palestinian mob who had clubbed, stoned, and stabbed Grossman.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> There are also no gas stations with Hebrew lettering on the Temple Mount.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />

The episode is often cited by those who accuse the media of having an anti-Israel bias, and was the impetus for the founding of [[HonestReporting]].<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-10-06|title=Carnage for the Cameras|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970792194386173971|access-date=September 30, 2021|archive-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930220542/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970792194386173971|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Koltermann|first=Felix|title=Fotoreporter im Konflikt: Der internationale Fotojournalismus in Israel/Palästina|publisher=transcript Verlag|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=25 n.3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Photo that Started it All|url=https://honestreporting.com/the-photo-that-started-it-all/|access-date=September 30, 2021|website=Honest Reporting|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003070124/https://honestreporting.com/the-photo-that-started-it-all/|url-status=live}}</ref> After a letter from Grossman's father noted the error, the AP, the New York Times, and other papers published corrections; despite these corrections, the photograph continues to be used by critics of Israel as a symbol of Israeli aggression and violence.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-03-14|title=Nyt & Israel|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/03/nyt-israel-tom-gross/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=National Review|archive-date=October 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001003306/https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/03/nyt-israel-tom-gross/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Israeli airstrike on the AP office building ====
During the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]], the Israeli army [[Destruction of al-Jalaa Building|destroyed the al-Jalaa Highrise]], a building housing the AP's Gaza offices and [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] offices. Israel stated that the building housed [[Hamas]] military intelligence and had given advanced warning of the strike, and no civilians were harmed.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 June 2021 |title=Israel Says Gaza Tower That Housed AP Was Also Hamas Electronic Warfare Site |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/ap-gaza-tower-housed-hamas-electronic-warfare-site-israel-says |url-status=live |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319051018/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/ap-gaza-tower-housed-hamas-electronic-warfare-site-israel-says |archive-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 2021 |title=AP's top editor wants investigation into Israeli bombing of its Gaza office |publisher=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/aps-top-editor-wants-investigation-into-israeli-bombing-its-gaza-office-2021-05-16/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807160636/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/aps-top-editor-wants-investigation-into-israeli-bombing-its-gaza-office-2021-05-16/ |archive-date=2021-08-07}}</ref> AP CEO Gary Pruitt released a statement on May 16, stating that he "had no indication Hamas was in the building" and called on the Israeli government to provide the evidence. He said that "the world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-middle-east-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-f595d0ea0a7e21a4e4974ae55e00024d|title=Statement: AP 'horrified' by Israeli attack on its office|date=May 16, 2021|website=Associated Press|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210516130244/https://apnews.com/article/israel-middle-east-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-f595d0ea0a7e21a4e4974ae55e00024d|archive-date=May 16, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 17 May, [[United States Secretary of State|US secretary of state]] [[Antony Blinken]] said he had not seen any evidence that Hamas operated from the building housing the AP and Al Jazeera, but it is the job of others to handle intelligence matters. Israel reportedly shared intelligence with American officials and U.S. president [[Joe Biden]] showing Hamas offices inside the building.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel showed US 'smoking gun' on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303 |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Jerusalem Post |date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526000159/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303 |url-status=live }}</ref> Journalist Matti Friedman also supported the Israeli government's claim.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Alexandra Ma |last2=Sinéad Baker |date=May 17, 2021 |title=A former Associated Press editor suggested that Hamas did have offices in the agency's Gaza City building, which Israel destroyed over the weekend |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/former-associated-press-editor-suggests-hamas-in-gaza-city-building-2021-5 |access-date=June 11, 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]] |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612001603/https://www.businessinsider.com/former-associated-press-editor-suggests-hamas-in-gaza-city-building-2021-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Reporters Without Borders]] asked the [[International Criminal Court]] to investigate the bombing as a possible [[war crime]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Blinken hasn't seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike |url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-government-and-politics-abd641af1607fbae7f49e1cce7dbc49e |access-date=27 May 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527191818/https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-government-and-politics-abd641af1607fbae7f49e1cce7dbc49e |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 8, Israeli Ambassador to the US [[Gilad Erdan]] met with AP CEO Gary Pruitt and vice president for foreign news, Ian Phillips, to discuss the operation. In coordination with the IDF, Erdan said the site was used by Hamas intelligence officials to develop and carry out [[SIGINT]] and electronic warfare operations, targeting both IDF and civilian systems in Israel, including devices to disrupt the [[Iron Dome]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 2021 |title=Blinken hasn't seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike |work=Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/erdan-hamas-tried-to-develop-iron-dome-busting-tech-in-ap-gaza-building-670433 |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628151418/https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/erdan-hamas-tried-to-develop-iron-dome-busting-tech-in-ap-gaza-building-670433 |url-status=live }}</ref> Erdan also said the Israeli government does not believe the AP was aware of the Hamas presence because it was a secret unit. He said the Israeli government was willing to help rebuild the AP's offices and ensure they will be able to bring equipment into Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fung |first=Katherine |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Israel offers to help rebuild Associated Press building destroyed in Gaza bombing |url=https://www.newsweek.com/israel-offers-help-rebuild-associated-press-building-destroyed-gaza-bombing-1598655 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220611231613/https://www.newsweek.com/israel-offers-help-rebuild-associated-press-building-destroyed-gaza-bombing-1598655 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |work=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=June 12, 2022 }}</ref>

==== Firing of Emily Wilder ====
In May 2021, the AP said it would launch a review of its social media policies after questions were raised about the firing of a journalist who expressed pro-Palestinian views on social media. The announcement came after some AP journalists signed a letter expressing concern over the termination of former news associate Emily Wilder, whom the AP said committed multiple violations of the company's [[social media policy]]. The AP has said that Wilder's previous activism played no role in her termination.<ref>{{Citation |title=AP vice president speaks out on Emily Wilder firing |date=May 30, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/05/30/associated-press-managing-editor-brian-carovillano-intv-emily-wilder-firing-stelter-rs-vpx.cnn |publisher=[[CNN Reliable Sources]] |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328173028/https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/05/30/associated-press-managing-editor-brian-carovillano-intv-emily-wilder-firing-stelter-rs-vpx.cnn |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Migrant Boat NFT ===
On January 10, 2022, AP announced it would start selling [[non-fungible token]]s (NFTs) of their photographs in partnership with a company named Xooa, with the proceeds being used to fund their operations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Mitchell |title=The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism |url-status=live |access-date=March 4, 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22876993/associated-press-ap-nft-marketplace-xooa-blockchain-photo-journalism-funding |date=January 10, 2022 |work=The Verge |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304220742/https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22876993/associated-press-ap-nft-marketplace-xooa-blockchain-photo-journalism-funding }}</ref> One of the NFTs they promoted on Twitter on 24 February was an aerial shot depicting an overcrowded migrant boat in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The tweet received negative backlash from users and other journalists, with AP being accused of profiting off of human suffering and the picture choice being "dystopian" and "in extremely poor taste". The tweet was subsequently deleted and the NFT, which was to be sold the next day, was pulled from market. Global director of media relations Lauren Easton apologized, saying "This was a poor choice of imagery for an NFT. It has not and will not be put up for auction [...] AP's NFT marketplace is a very early pilot program, and we are immediately reviewing our efforts".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bissada |first1=Masoj |title=AP Cancels Sale Of NFT Of Migrants Floating In Overcrowded Boat In Mediterranean |url-status=live |access-date=March 4, 2022 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/02/24/ap-cancels-sale-of-nft-of-migrants-floating-in-overcrowded-boat-in-mediterranean/ |date=February 25, 2022 |work=Forbes |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303033300/https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/02/24/ap-cancels-sale-of-nft-of-migrants-floating-in-overcrowded-boat-in-mediterranean/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cantor |first1=Matthew |title='Profiting off suffering': AP cancels sale of migrant boat NFT amid backlash |url-status=live |access-date=March 4, 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/24/profiting-off-suffering-ap-cancels-sale-of-migrant-boat-nft-amid-backlash |date=February 24, 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304004915/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/24/profiting-off-suffering-ap-cancels-sale-of-migrant-boat-nft-amid-backlash }}</ref>