Associated Press

===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>