AP CEO: Killing Journalists Should be War Crime

"Terrorists are killing journalists not to stop a story — but to create one."

Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of the Associated Press, wants to make changes to international laws in order to better protect reporters. During a speech at Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Pruitt said anyone who kills or takes a journalist hostage should be charged with a war crime.

“Wearing ‘Press’ on your jacket once offered some degree of protection for journalists in the most dangerous areas,” said Pruitt. “Today, it more often makes them a target.”

Pruitt noted the horrible trend among extremist groups of using brutality as a way to get noticed.

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