A coalition of attorneys general, including Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, issued a warning to media organizations that may have ties to foreign terrorist organizations.
Moody and the coalition sent a letter to the presidents of Reuters, the New York Times publisher, the CEO of the Associated Press, and the CEO and editor-in-chief of CNN to remind them that it is illegal to give material support to terrorist organizations and individuals.
This comes in response to reports that personnel employed by these organizations have problematic ties to Hamas.
Moody said, “Following the abhorrent Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7, reports began to emerge of news organizations employing people embedded within Hamas and potentially with knowledge of the attack before it was carried out. I, along with 13 other attorneys general, are putting the media companies on notice: ensure that you are following federal and state law.”
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The letter states, “If your outlet’s current hiring practices led you to give material support to terrorists, you must change these policies going forward. Otherwise, we must assume any future support of terrorist organizations by your stringers, correspondents, contractors, and similar employees is knowing behavior.”
The letter goes on to cite a recent bipartisan congressional letter to Reuters saying, “Those lawmakers ask several questions that should be answered, including whether Reuters had prior knowledge of the attack and whether the Reuters journalist had contact with Hamas or its agents before the attack.”
The attorneys general of the following states joined Attorney General Moody in sending the letter: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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