This isn’t JJ Jameson asking for pictures of spiderman. At best, it’s paying someone who had enough of a connection to Hamas to be told exactly where to go along the 60km border within an hour of the start. At worst, they may even be members who are supplementing their Hamas paycheck.
Reuters legal department should have signed off on every freelancer they contract with. That should have included a sanctions check - which clearly was not sufficient.
They gave money to freelance journalists for their pictures.
That’s what they do.
This isn’t JJ Jameson asking for pictures of spiderman. At best, it’s paying someone who had enough of a connection to Hamas to be told exactly where to go along the 60km border within an hour of the start. At worst, they may even be members who are supplementing their Hamas paycheck.
Reuters legal department should have signed off on every freelancer they contract with. That should have included a sanctions check - which clearly was not sufficient.