AP fires young news writer with history of pro-Palestine activism after controversy of agency ‘sharing offices with Hamas’ — RT World News

AP fires young news writer with history of pro-Palestine activism after controversy of agency ‘sharing offices with Hamas’ — RT World News


Associated Press (AP) has terminated the contract of a young Arizona-based news associate, who got accused of anti-Israeli bias over her college activism. The agency had earlier been blamed for sharing a Gaza office with Hamas.

Emily Wilder lost her job with AP just over two weeks after she was hired to write news from Maricopa County, Arizona. She was fired for allegedly breaking the company’s social media rules, which require employees to stay publicly silent on “on contentious public issues” and not engage in organized action in support of causes.

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