Associated Press fires Jewish staffer for pro-Palestinian tweets on social media 5 hours ago People survey rubble from a building previously destroyed in an air-strike following a cease-fire in Gaza City, on Friday. AP The Associated Press is being criticised for firing a young journalist over her social media activity, with some suggesting the news agency bowed to a political pressure campaign over her pro-Palestinian views from when she was in college. Emily Wilder, 22, had started at the AP on May 3 as a news associate for the Western US, based in Phoenix. On Wednesday, jus...