{"id":68030,"date":"2021-05-16T18:54:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T23:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=68030"},"modified":"2021-05-17T01:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T06:53:51","slug":"68030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=68030","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2021\/05\/the-ap-goes-sgt-schultz.php\">THE AP GOES SGT. SCHULTZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know nothing\u201d was the comic catchphrase of Sgt. Schultz on Hogan\u2019s Heroes. He occasionally varied or elaborated on it, adding \u201cI see nothing.\u201d In the clip below, for example, he declares, \u201cI see nothing. I was not here. I did not even get up this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-BFY9IkUt8w\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After its customary warning to protect civilian life, the IDF took out the 12-story Jala Tower housing Hamas military intelligence offices as well as offices for media organs including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. As far as I can tell from reports such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9582063\/Moment-building-housing-Al-Jazeera-television-Associated-Press-destroyed-Israeli-air-strike.html\">this photo-filled story<\/a>\u00a0in the Daily Mail, no lives were lost in the bombing.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration nevertheless found the occasion fit to lecture Israel yesterday \u201cthat ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.\u201d According to the Jerusalem Post, Israeli authorities have showed Biden administration officials the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303\">\u201csmoking gun\u201d<\/a> proving that Hamas worked out of the building. I demand proof that intelligent life exists within the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hearing of Israel\u2019s treatment of the building as a target, I wondered about the cluelessness of the AP. The AP, however, thinks it is in a position to bitch and make demands of its own. In the statement embedded in the tweet below, the AP goes full Sgt. Schultz on us.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AP CEO: &quot;AP\u2019s bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building. This is something we actively check to the best of our ability. We&#39;d never knowingly put our journalists at risk.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UOXMXqwc2\">https:\/\/t.co\/8UOXMXqwc2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cd4nJFBEiL\">pic.twitter.com\/cd4nJFBEiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1393671038756704264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By contrast with Sgt. Schultz, the AP\u2019s alleged cluelessness lacks a comic element. Taking the AP seriously, I demand evidence that the AP didn\u2019t know it was holed up with genocidal terrorists. If such proof is forthcoming, I demand proof that the AP is a bona fide news organization.<\/p>\n<p>Absent such proof, we may have to limit ourselves to a demonstration of the internal contradictions of the Associated Press. The invaluable Andy Ngo provides it in the devastating tweet below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel says your building also housed Hamas military assets. All of you were given warning to evacuate, which you did, before the place was destroyed. And AP last year released guidelines saying journalists shouldn\u2019t focus on property destruction. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ve6i2NTwIe\">https:\/\/t.co\/ve6i2NTwIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ng\u00f4 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1393666444055879680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jack Posobiec adds an exclamation point. The exclamation point is appropriate to the case.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AP stated we must not focus on property destruction it is only the underlying grievance that matters! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnZsQJNrtK\">https:\/\/t.co\/qnZsQJNrtK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1393652525023309825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/05\/15\/ap-ceo-weighs-in-on-whether-they-knew-hamas-was-in-their-building-in-gaza-n380991\">Nick Arama\/RedState<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/brettt-3136\/2021\/05\/15\/aps-ceo-shocked-and-horrified-says-they-had-no-indication-their-building-contained-hamas-military-intelligence-assets\/\">Brett T.\/Twitchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Omri Ceren adds this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hamas systematically uses the media towers and studios in Gaza for military purposes. They&#39;ve been doing it since they took over in late 2000s. It would count as an open secret but it&#39;s not even a secret. Anyone who pretends they don&#39;t know is either very new to this, or lying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIX5H0p05h\">pic.twitter.com\/VIX5H0p05h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omriceren\/status\/1393884215138267139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE AP GOES SGT. SCHULTZ \u201cI know nothing\u201d was the comic catchphrase of Sgt. Schultz on Hogan\u2019s Heroes. He occasionally varied or elaborated on it, adding \u201cI see nothing.\u201d In the clip below, for example, he declares, \u201cI see nothing. I was not here. 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