Emily Wilder Was James Gunned

Associated Press staff received a memo this morning that @vv1lder is no longer with the company, after conservatives rallied to get her fired because she was part of Students for Justice in Palestine in college https://t.co/vgYdZOcRKo pic.twitter.com/zcmmXn4fk0

— suhauna hussain (@suhaunah) May 20, 2021

Or maybe it was because she dissed Ben Shapiro:

Remember, the GOP is against cancel culture and groupthink and policing viewpoints, and in favor of free speech and viewpoint diversity

I mean, if it's disqualifying to be a journalist to think Ben Shapiro is a turd.....https://t.co/Ns6tFywyil

— NoLongerPurelyCivilHat (@Popehat) May 20, 2021

No, it was the former:

Cancel culture on college campuses has indeed gotten out of control https://t.co/mSNjlMSdk2

— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) May 20, 2021

Actually, it's hard to tell.

“They told me that I violated their social media policy and would be terminated immediately, but they never said which tweet or post violated the policy," she said. "I asked them, 'Please tell me what violated the policy,' and they said, 'No.'" https://t.co/oqSJMlCzOc

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) May 21, 2021

Probably she touched the 3rd rail of American public figure (and writing for AP even though nobody's heard of you qualifies) culture: thou shalt never speak of Israel in a way that casts it in a bad light. Call it the Dershowitz Rule. Even though the times they are a'changin':

“I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely, and enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy,” @POTUS says. “My administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy toward that end.”

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 20, 2021

Well, that's mild; this is more significant:

Eight minutes with the president: Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the lone Palestinian American in Congress, gains relevance in Israel debate. From @PostKranish https://t.co/BYBH6UGbq5

— Alan Sipress (@AlanSipress) May 21, 2021

If the AP wrote editorials, I'm sure they'd write one critical of Rep. Tlaib, just to buttress their bona fides.