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CNN anchor Brian Stelter slammed the Associated Press Sunday for firing staffer Emily Wilder over pro-Palestinian tweets, claiming it had given into a bad faith outrage campaign.
Wilder, a recent Stanford University graduate, was freshly hired and fired by AP in Phoenix for violating the company’s social media policy. Her tweets jumped on the recent pro-Palestinian bandwagon and criticized current tensions in Israel.
The Reliable Sources panel slammed the AP in reaction with Stelter himself ripping the news organization. Lots of tweets about one journalist, one out of thousands, he said. Let’s be honest – she has no editorial leadership role. She was working in Phoenix, for goodness sakes.
When It Comes to Palestine, Free Speech Rights Are Under Attack
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A frightening wave of firings, threats, and retaliation against pro-Palestinian writers and activists has chilled the political climate. Now, more than ever, the “Palestine exception” to free speech standards is being challenged.
Palestine Legal has documented numerous reports of censorship that together paint a picture of systematic repression. (Nick Lachance/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Last week’s news that the Associated Press had fired a young journalist because of her support for Palestinian rights while in college at Stanford broke Twitter.
The Stanford College Republicans (who had often railed about cancel culture) bragged about their successful cancelation of Emily Wilder, which seemed all the more appalling given that Israel had just bombed the AP office in Gaza.
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