AP journalist sacked over support for Palestine blames ‘cancel culture’
A horse-drawn cart is pulled past an worker using an hydraulic excavator to assist in reclaiming valuable materials from a debris pile of a building destroyed by an Israeli air strike on Gaza
A JOURNALIST sacked by Associated Press (AP) hit out at so-called “cancel culture” on Saturday when her contract was terminated following attacks on social media over her support for the Palestinian people.
Emily Wilder was fired just two weeks after she was employed to write news for AP from Arizona, with the media giant saying she had breached its social media rules.
This includes a clause that requires employees to remain silent “on contentious public issues” and not to engage in campaign activity.
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