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Against another in one of the most divisive and difficult stories that we cover anywhere in the world. it was a difficult decision, not an easy decision. it was not a personal decision, and we wish her all the best. >> so it sounds like it was a bunch of editors who collectively decided it was best for her to go. >> yeah. it was unanimous decision among some senior managers at the a.p., yes. >> was it because she was tweeting how israel and gaza are covered differently? >> again, this is one of the most divisive stories we cover. it's really important that we maintain our credibility and journ...

Australia covering protests related to something that happened on the other side of the world. it's everyone's responsibility, regardless of what your job is or where you are, to maintain that credibility which is so important to us. >> emily was fired, though, after this conservative outrage campaign that came out of the stanford college republicans. i spread to right wing websites, drawing attention to her old posts about her activism for palestinians. it seemed like the a.p. was caving to what critics call a bad-faith trolling campaign to take down one of her staffers because she didn't hav...

Credibility. why is it a brand new staffer in phoenix, what she is saying on twirt, why does that matter in jury roo jerusalem and gaza city. >> first of all, it's not local. the a.p., our credibility and people are everything to us. i spent part of my career overseas. i was the a.p.'s asia editor. i had first-hand experience at being called in front of angry foreign officials to answer to things that colleagues of mine had written in some other part of the world. the geography is not the thing here. the other thing is, if you're a news associate in phoenix and there is a protest, anti-israel ...

Report on it. they have a temporary office space, but they've continued to do journalism the whole time. some of them had damage to their homes. their lives have been personal limb pacted by all this and they're continuing to do their jobs. we're all very grateful to them. i would reiterate that the a.p. would like to see an independent inquiry into what happened there. we still have not seen the information indicating that hamas was in the building. we would like to see that information. >> so right after that bombing, the immediate aftermath, these when these tweets from emily went viral, th...

Management responded to an open letter signed by more than 100 stafferings in the wake of emily wilder's firing. what is under review and what exactly went wrong? joining me is brian carovillano, managing editor of the associated press. brian, you've been at the a.p. for years. you were just promoted, overseeing the entire newsroom, right? >> yes. thanks for having me. good to be here. >> congratulations on the promotion, but right into the fire with your newly expanded role. emily wilder's dismissal, news associate in phoenix. apparently she was let go because of tweets related to israel and ...