A top editor at the AP, @bcarovillano, tells @brianstelter that Arizona staffer Emily Wilder's tweets showed a 'clear bias' in dealing w/ the Middle East -- and that the decision to fire her was unanimous among AP's senior managers.
He denies that the campaign by Wilder's former Stanford classmates or others on the right was relevant to the firing.
"Anyone who thinks the AP would be cowed by college Republicans doesn't know much about the AP"
"Anyone who thinks the AP would be cowed by college Republicans doesn't know much about the AP"
He acknowledges that the AP needs "better tools and better systems" for dealing with online harassment and safety
Re Arizona/Middle East, he says that Wilder could've been asked to cover a Phoenix protest about the Gaza fighting -- and her posts would've compromised her ability to do so.
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