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U-Emily Wilder wayecabanga ukuthi uzoyishaya kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa e- I-Arizona Republic, uthole umsebenzi wokuba umsizi wegumbi lezindaba e-Phoenix Bureau of the Associated Press, kusukela ngoMeyi 3. Kwakungeke kuhlale isikhathi eside.
Izinhlangano eziningana eziphiko lwesokudla, okuhlanganisa ne I-Federalist (5/19/21) futhi I-Washington Free Beacon (5/18/21), wahlasela isevisi yezindaba mayelana nokuhlangana kukaWilder kwangaphambilini ne-Students for Justice ePalestine, lapho enza iziqu e-Stanford University. AP, esanda kuba nehhovisi layo eGaza wabhubhisa ngomlilo we-missile wakwa-Israyeli, wakhothamela ingcindezi (Washington Post, 5/20/21).
I-News Media Guild, inyunyana emele AP abasebenzi, uthe bayaphenya ngokudutshulwa kukaWilder (Twitter, 5/20/21):
Le nkampani itshele iGuild ukuthi uWilder wephule i-Social Media Policy okwaxoxwa ngayo nenyunyana nokuthi bonke abasebenzi kumele bayithobele. AP uphawule ukuthi umshwalense walethwa kuyena ngemuva kokuqashwa kwakhe, kodwa akazange acacise ukuthi yikuphi ukuphawula okudale ukuthi ahoxiswe. I-Guild ibuze ukuthi ukuphawula okudale ukuthi ahoxiswe yini kwathunyelwa ngaphambi noma ngemuva kokuqashwa kwakhe, futhi ilindele impendulo.
Lesi izaba ezincane ezivela AP. Kusho uWilder I-SFGate (5/20/21) ukuthi ezinye zezinto azibhale ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zagqanyiswa ku- intambo abavela kumaRiphabhulikhi aseStanford College, njengalowo obiza uSheldon Adelson “ngosokudla-kwesokudla, u-pro-Trump, usozigidigidi obukeka imvukuzane enqunu.” I-SFGate wabika ukuthi “uWilder… Twitter,” i AP umhleli utshele uWilder ukuthi "ngeke abe senkingeni ngomsebenzi wakhe wangaphambilini kanye nemisebenzi yezokuxhumana." UWilder uchaze "ukudubula kwakhe njengokuphoqelela labo abaveze ukugxeka u-Israyeli."
UWilder utshele i-FAIR engxoxweni yocingo ukuthi "kunoma ngubani onamehlo nezindlebe nobuchopho," iqiniso lokuthi ukudubula kwakhe kufike ngemuva kokushaya i-right-wing "akuyona into eyenzeka ngengozi," nokuthi "kuzwakala sengathi bekuyithuba elikahle lokungenza imbuzi yomhlatshelo.” UWilder washo lokho AP ubhedu akakamtshelanga ukuthi yikuphi kokuthunyelwe kwakhe okuyisizathu sokudutshulwa kwakhe, noma ukuthi weqe muphi umugqa. Uphawule ukuthi imibono yakhe nge-Israel/Palestine yayingahambisani nomsebenzi wakhe, owawungowasendaweni ngokuphelele. “Kungenzeka ukuthi ngingomunye wabasebenzi abancane kunabo bonke AP,” esho, enezela ukuthi imibono yakhe “njengesakhamuzi, njengowesifazane osemusha ongumJuda, ayihlangene nhlobo nomsebenzi engiwenzile.”
Ukusabela kokuqala kwabalandeli abaningi bamalungelo asePalestine kwaba ukuthi ukudubula kwakuyisibonelo sokuthi izinhlangano ezilwela ilungelo zizimisele kangakanani ukucekela phansi umsebenzi wanoma ngubani olokotha akhulume ngobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kwa-Israel/Palestine. Ingabe othile ongene e-AIPAC kanye/noma owabelane ngama-meme kusuka kuma-IDF Twitter i-akhawunti baphathwe ngendlela efanayo? Futhi ngeqiniso ngesinye isibonelo sobuzenzisi: Nakuba abalungile bekhuluma kakhulu ngokulwa “nesiko lokukhansela,” kungenye yeziphehlisi ezinkulu zokuthulisa inkulumo engavumelani nayo (FAIR.org, 10/23/20), ikakhulukazi uma kukhulunywa ngePalestine.
Lokhu kuza ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho intatheli eyawina uMklomelo kaPulitzer uNikole Hannah-Jones enqatshelwa isikhundla esikoleni sobuntatheli e-University of North Carolina (Ngaphakathi ne-Higher Ed, 5/20/21), nebhodi labaphathi benyuvesi lichitha uhlelo lokuqashwa kwesikole. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi ukunaka okuningi okungekuhle okubhekiswe ku-Hannah-Jones kuvela kubantu abagcina imithetho eyisisekelo abagxile endimeni yakhe emdlalweni New York Times"Iphrojekthi ka-1619" (8/14/19), isici esibheka umlando wase-US ngokusebenzisa i-lens yobugqila, umcimbi ubonakala ufana nalokho okwenzeka ku-Wilder-ngelungelo ngokuyisisekelo ukusebenzisa amandla e-veto phezu kokuqasha ezikhungweni ezihlonishwayo. Lezi zehlakalo azizona nje ezeqile: Izishoshovu zophiko lwesokudla ziphoqe ngempumelelo Times ukuxosha umhleli "ngokubhala i-tweeting 'wagodola' lapho ebona indiza kaJoe Biden ifika" (Guardian, 1/25/21), kanye ne Guardian uxoshe umbhali wengosi uNathan Robinson ngokwenza ihlaya ngokwesekwa kwe-US kwa-Israel (FAIR.org, 2/22/21).
Kodwa ngale kwamandla aqinile welungelo, kukhona okunye esikweni lobuntatheli bezinkampani okufanele kusolwe lapha, futhi lokho kuwukuthatheka kwayo “ukuqonda“—hhayi nje ekubhalweni, kodwa ethembeni lokuthi izintatheli zesikhathi esigcwele zingangathathi hlangothi ngokuphelele ezindabeni zosuku.
Ngokufanelekile, inhlangano yezindaba ngeke ifune ukuthi umbhali wayo waseJerusalema abe nezingxabano zentshisekelo ngenkathi ehlanganisa izingxabano zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi, nakuba i-FAIR ithole izingxabano eziningi ze-pro-Israel. New York Times (Okungeziwe!, 4/10, 5/12) futhi Washington Post (FAIR.org, 9/26/13). Akuvamile ukuthi amagumbi ezindaba abe nemithetho emayelana nababhali bezombusazwe abangabaniki abantu imali (nakuba le mithetho ingasebenzi ngempela kubaphathi bazo bezinkampani—FAIR.org, 11/5/10).
The Washington Post muva nje utshele abasebenzi bayo ukuthi ikuphi ukuziphatha okwamukelekile ngaphandle kwewashi. Ngokuvumelana ne Washingtonian (5/3/21), imemo yathi, “Ingqikithi ibalulekile: Kungaba kuhle ukubamba iqhaza emgubhweni ose-BLM Plaza kodwa hhayi umbhikisho lapho, noma ukuya embuthanweni we-Pride kodwa hhayi umbhikisho eNkantolo Ephakeme.” Imemo iphinde yathi ngobuzwe be-DC: “Ihembe elinefulegi leSifunda sase-Columbia lilungile. Umbuso owodwa osekelayo ubungeke ube—lokho kungaba wukumela umphakathi odabeni esiluhlanganisayo.”
Esimweni esinjalo, AP yaqasha intokazi eyaphothula eStanford, mhlawumbe inyuvesi yaseMelika ehlonishwa kakhulu entshonalanga yoMfula iMississippi. Hlobo luni lwemfundo okufanele umuntu onezinhloso zezwe aluthole ukuze ahambe ayobika ngomhlaba? Umuntu ongakaze aphikisane ekilasini lesayensi yezepolitiki? Umuntu ongakaze aphikiswe imibono yakhe? Umuntu ongakaze agqugquzelwe intshisekelo yokufunda okwengeziwe nokwenza ucwaningo?
Izintatheli ezingochwepheshe zinazo zonke izinhlobo zezizinda. New York Times Intatheli CJ Chivers ngaphambilini wasebenza e-Marine Corps, isipiliyoni esakha indlela aye wayihlanganisa ngayo impi nokuvukela umbuso (New York Times, 6/23/20). Kujwayelekile ukuthi izintatheli zithathe ikhefu ngokusebenzelana nomphakathi, bese zibuyela ebuntathelini. Iphuzu lapha akukhona ukuthi ukucabangela akulungile, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi akukho ngempela. Akekho umuntu ongena endlini yezindaba ukuze athole umsebenzi ngaphandle kombono wezwe, noma ongangcoliswanga ngokuzihlanganisa namaqembu angase agcine eseyizindaba. Izintatheli kufanele zilwele ukuthola amaqiniso kahle, zikhulume nhlangothi zonke, zihlehle endabeni futhi ziyipende ngendlela efanele. Kodwa akekho ongalindeleka ukuba abe irobhothi ngisho nangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuqala emsebenzini.
Ngokusobala, noma iyiphi inhlangano yezindaba ingase ibe nokungabaza ngokuba nomuntu osesikhathini esidlule sokukhuthaza ukweqisa okunobudlova—njengelungu lenhlangano yabamhlophe yobuzwe—noma othile onomlando wokwakha uzungu. Kunezici ezingafanelekile, kodwa abantu abanengqondo kufanele bakwazi ukubona lokho okuhlukile. Kulezi zinsuku, amakhampasi amakolishi aziqhenya ngezinhlangano zawo zezishoshovu, evuma ukuthi ubushoshovu obungaphezu kwekilasi ngokuvamile buyingxenye yemfundo. Njengoba iNkantolo Ephakeme yaphawula ku Regents v. Bakke, “Ikusasa lesizwe lincike kubaholi abaqeqeshwe ngokuchayeka kabanzi kulokho kushintshana okunamandla kwemibono abathola iqiniso” ngezingxoxo nezinkulumo-mpikiswano. Abaqashi bayathanda AP kufanele ifune abaqashiwe abaphumelele kulolo hlobo lwengxoxo.
Kodwa uWilder utshele i-FAIR ukuthi ukungacaci ukuthi lezi zindinganiso zokungahloniphi zisebenza nini kusho ukuthi lezi zindinganiso “zingabekwa ngokulinganayo ezintathelini ezithile ngendlela eye yahlola futhi yapholisa izintatheli phambi kwami.”
UWilder uthe ukhathazekile ngokuthi ukudubula kwakhe kuzokwenqabela "izintatheli ezifunayo ezinemibono futhi ezinentukuthelo elungile futhi ezifuna ukudlulisela lokho ekuxoxeni izindaba," nokuthi. AP kulimaze umgomo wayo nokuzibophezela ezindinganisweni, ngoba "yadela umuntu onamandla amancane kulolu hlobo lokunyathela kanye nobuxhwanguxhwangu obuvela kubadlali abanezinkolelo ezimbi."
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