AP Reporter Fired for pro Palestinian Posts: I Will Not Be Intimidated into Silence radioislam.org.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radioislam.org.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The managing editor of the Associated Press (AP) news agency, Brian Carovillano, clarified in an interview to the CNN that journalist Emily.
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Associated Press (AP) managing editor Brian Carovillano justified the firing of junior reporter Emily Wilder earlier this month, telling CNN's Brian Stelter that speculation that pressure from "college conservatives" had no influence. Wilder was a news associate at the AP, who frequently tweeted about the situation in the Middle East, was fired after only a few weeks on the job. The axing took place just days after the AP's Gaza bureau was.