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Why Emily Wilder got fired and Chris Cuomo didn't Today's best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter It's been quite a week for media ethics. Emily Wilder, a recently-hired news associate for the Associated Press, was unceremoniously fired after conservative media and activist groups whipped up an outrage mob over her pro-Palestinian activism while she was in college. The reason was supposedly that she had violated the AP's social media policy while doing her job, though her bosses reportedly would not tell her which posts had done so. Meanwhile, CNN's Chris Cuomo, who was...

A tragic week in Palestine On Wednesday, Youmna al-Sayed, a journalist in Gaza City, was reporting live from a rooftop for Al Jazeera, wearing a large bowl-shaped helmet and a bulky flak jacket with “PRESS” emblazoned across the front. She was right by the Al-Shorouk tower, which housed at least seven media outlets, including the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV and a newspaper associated with the Palestinian National Authority—and it had just come under fire from Israel. These were “warning missiles,” al-Sayed said, “and right now they should be starting to bring down the entire tower...

in the 7 years since you tweeted this, the minimum wage has lost 11% of its value. Why did you vote against raising the min wage today? Many others weighed in as well: Kyrsten Sinema is the most vapid Democratic politician to come along in quite a while. Her shtick of funky hair and bright clothing as a mask for her apparent sociopathy is downright horrifying. She’s not a “maverick,” she’s an attention seeker who only engages in aesthetics. Arizona’s late Senator John McCain gave a thumb’s down on repealing the Affordable Care Act in 2017. Today Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema gave...

Cuomo: Kissing people is just my way of greeting them pic.twitter.com/ZEFUYBGFXn It seems like there are a number of clips from this Cuomo presser that could have legs, particularly the one on kissing men and women as his “customary way of greeting.” Andrew Cuomo fought off questions from reporters, refusing to resign his position amid a growing controversy over sexual harassment claims made by three women, not to mention a nursing home scandal in which New York Attorney General Letitia James found Cuomo’s administration had “undercounted” the number of coronavirus-related deaths ...

Social media blasted "The View" co-host Meghan McCain after her vaccination comments.